Xeon Gold 6538N vs Intel Xeon E3 1290

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Intel Xeon E3-1290

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . 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 12 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +177%

2310

Intel Xeon E3 1290

833

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +625%

20810

Intel Xeon E3 1290

2870

Xeon Gold 6538N

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Intel Xeon E3 1290

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

May 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

95 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

2x763 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

36.0

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

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

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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