Xeon Silver 4410Y vs Gold 6238T

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	451
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	63.10
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	no data	9.69
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,742	$573

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 cores	22 (Docosa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	44	24
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	19	no data
L1 cache	1.375 MB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	22 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30.25 MB	30 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	78 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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 configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6238T and Xeon Silver 4410Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	10 January 2023
Physical cores	22	12
Threads	44	24
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	150 Watt

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