Intel Xeon Gold 6438N vs Intel Xeon E3 1220L

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Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

Intel Xeon E3-1220L

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6438N with 32 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1220L with 2 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 3MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1220L 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (20W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N +249%

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Intel Xeon E3 1220L

569

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N +755%

5800

Intel Xeon E3 1220L

678

Intel Xeon Gold 6438N

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Intel Xeon E3 1220L

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Apr 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

0.504 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

20 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

131 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

2

64

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

22.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

3 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

16

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