Xeon Gold 6538N vs Xeon Platinum 8253

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Intel Xeon Platinum 8253

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Xeon Platinum 8253 with 16 cores 2.2GHz . 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 5 years late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Xeon Platinum 8253 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (125W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +112%

2310

Xeon Platinum 8253

1089

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +135%

20810

Xeon Platinum 8253

8849

Xeon Gold 6538N

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Xeon Platinum 8253

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Dec 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

-

Transistor Count

8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

125 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

2x763 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

32

Total Core Count

16

64

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

22.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

-

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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