Xeon Platinum 8580 vs Gold 6138T

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking585not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.14no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency9.84no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,742$10,710

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores20 (Icosa-Core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads40120
Base clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache1.25 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB300 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature94 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 20 60
Threads 40 120
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon Gold 6138T has 180% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8580, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon Platinum 8580. We've got no test results to judge.


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