Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Gold 6252

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking368not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.25no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.78no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)no data
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,655no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads4864
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1.5 MBno data
L2 cache24 MBno data
L3 cache35.75 MB60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C79 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 1 October 2023
Physical cores 24 32
Threads 48 64
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt

Xeon Gold 6252 has 50% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

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