Intel Xeon D 1521 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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Intel Xeon D-1521

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon D 1521 with 4 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon D 1521 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 1.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon D 1521

896

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +51%

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon D 1521

3261

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +354%

14831

Intel Xeon D 1521

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

Nov 2015

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Broadwell

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

Intel BGA 1667

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

3.2 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

45 W

Power Consumption

270 W

80 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

246 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

1.5 MB per core

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

24

PCIe Lanes

80

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