Intel Xeon E5 2630 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

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Intel Xeon E5-2630

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2630 with 6 cores 2.3GHz 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 E5 2630 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2630

1043

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +29%

1353

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2630

5551

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N +167%

14831

Intel Xeon E5 2630

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

435 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

6

Total Core Count

32

12

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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