Xeon Gold 6538N vs Intel Xeon D 1581

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Intel Xeon D-1581

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon D 1581 with 16 cores 1.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 1.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon D 1581 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +234%

2310

Intel Xeon D 1581

690

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +311%

20810

Intel Xeon D 1581

5058

Xeon Gold 6538N

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Intel Xeon D 1581

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Feb 2016

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Broadwell

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.2 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

65 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

2x763 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

18.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

1.5 MB per core

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

24

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