Xeon Gold 6438N vs Silver 4410T

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4410T and Xeon Gold 6438N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	353	128
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	71.67	25.75
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	11.39	15.30
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	10 January 2023 (2 years ago)	10 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$624	$3,351

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4410T has 178% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6438N.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4410T 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 cores	10 (Deca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	20	64
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	26.25 MB	60 MB
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4410T 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 configuration	2	2
Socket	FCLGA4677	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4410T and Xeon Gold 6438N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4410T and Xeon Gold 6438N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4410T 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 4410T and Xeon Gold 6438N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4000	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	4 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	8	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4410T and Xeon Gold 6438N.

PCIe version	5	5
PCI Express lanes	80	80

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	17.95	32.95
Physical cores	10	32
Threads	20	64
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	205 Watt

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