Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Gold 6312U

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6312U and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking186not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency13.63no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)no data
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6312U 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 speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache36 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6312U 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6312U 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++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6312U and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6312U 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 6312U and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size6 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6312U and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 1 October 2023
Physical cores 24 32
Threads 48 64
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 225 Watt

Xeon Gold 6312U has 21.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

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