Xeon Bronze 3508U vs Gold 6438Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Release date1 January 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads648
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz2.2 GHz
L3 cache60 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °C83 °C
64 bit support--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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.

SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size4 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe version54
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 32 8
Threads 64 8
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Gold 6438Y has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 64% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Bronze 3508U. We've got no test results to judge.


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