Xeon Gold 6530 vs Gold 6538Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated59
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data56.60
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data14.46
Architecture codenameno dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 October 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads6464
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB160 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530 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
SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530. 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++
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 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530 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 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size4 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2023 14 December 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon Gold 6538Y has 20% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6538Y and Xeon Gold 6530. We've got no test results to judge.


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