Xeon Gold 6238R vs X5460

Aggregate performance score

Xeon X5460
2007
120 Watt
1.68
Xeon Gold 6238R
2020
28 cores / 56 threads, 165 Watt
24.51
+1359%

Xeon Gold 6238R outperforms Xeon X5460 by a whopping 1359% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2081212
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.34
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency1.2813.55
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,612

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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 coresno data28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threadsno data56
Base clock speed3.16 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cacheno data1.75 MB
L2 cacheno data28 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache38.5 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature63 °C89 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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.

SocketLGA771FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6238R.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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 X5460 1.68
Xeon Gold 6238R 24.51
+1359%

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 X5460 2572
Xeon Gold 6238R 37511
+1358%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.68 24.51
Recency 1 October 2007 24 February 2020
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon X5460 has 37.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6238R, on the other hand, has a 1358.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6238R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon X5460 in performance tests.


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