Xeon Gold 6438N vs Silver 4110

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4110
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
6.44
Xeon Gold 6438N
2023
32 cores / 64 threads, 205 Watt
33.23
+416%

Xeon Gold 6438N outperforms Xeon Silver 4110 by a whopping 416% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1059118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.8225.69
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency7.1715.34
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$501$3,351

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6438N has 341% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4110.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads1664
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.6 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache512 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N 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 Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6438N.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Silver 4110 6.44
Xeon Gold 6438N 33.23
+416%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Silver 4110 10226
Xeon Gold 6438N 52789
+416%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.44 33.23
Recency 11 July 2017 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 32
Threads 16 64
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Silver 4110 has 141.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6438N, on the other hand, has a 416% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6438N is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4110 in performance tests.


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