Intel Xeon Gold 6238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6238 and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6238

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 18
8 more threads: 44 vs 36
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 92°C vs 76.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 145 Watt

Number of cores	22 vs 18
Number of threads	44 vs 36
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature	92°C vs 76.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1957 vs 1878
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34209 vs 28668

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1957 vs 1878
PassMark - CPU mark	34209 vs 28668

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6238
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1878

1957

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

28668

34209

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6238	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1878	1957
PassMark - CPU mark	28668	34209

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6238	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$2612 - $2618
Place in performance rating	856	732
Processor Number	6238	E5-2699V3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Announced
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	1.375 MB
L2 cache	22 MB
L3 cache	30.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	92°C	76.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	22	18
Number of threads	44	36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	131.13 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	145 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	4S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)