Intel Xeon E3 1240L v3 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1240L v3 with 4 cores 2GHz 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 E3 1240L v3 's Advantages

Lower TDP (25W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 1600)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240L v3

895

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +51%

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240L v3

2669

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +455%

14831

Intel Xeon E3 1240L v3

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

May 2014

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-WS

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

Intel Socket 1150

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

25 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

160 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

80

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