Xeon Gold 6338T vs Gold 6338

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking249not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency9.83no data
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 April 2021 (3 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads6448
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache48 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data87 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size6 TB6 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6338 and Xeon Gold 6338T.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes6464

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 32 24
Threads 64 48
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Gold 6338 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6338T, on the other hand, has 24.2% lower power consumption.

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