Xeon Gold 6538N vs Silver 4310T

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4310T
2021
10 cores / 20 threads, 105 Watt
13.20
Xeon Gold 6538N
2023
32 cores / 64 threads, 205 Watt
28.26
+114%

Xeon Gold 6538N outperforms Xeon Silver 4310T by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking574165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.85
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency11.9013.05
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,351

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads2064
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache15 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)88 °C85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N. 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++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size6 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 Silver 4310T and Xeon Gold 6538N.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

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 4310T 13.20
Xeon Gold 6538N 28.26
+114%

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 4310T 20973
Xeon Gold 6538N 44895
+114%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.20 28.26
Recency 6 April 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 10 32
Threads 20 64
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Silver 4310T has 95.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538N, on the other hand, has a 114.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 220% more physical cores and 220% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6538N is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4310T in performance tests.


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