Intel Xeon Gold 6338 vs Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6338 and Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 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 6338

Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6338

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
16 more threads: 64 vs 48
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 79°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 3 TB

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 24
Number of threads	64 vs 48
Maximum core temperature	81°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 3 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2185 vs 2175

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 205 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 69143 vs 68563

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	69143 vs 68563

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6338
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2185

2175

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

68563

69143

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6338	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2185	2175
PassMark - CPU mark	68563	69143

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6338	Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'21	Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$2990
Place in performance rating	256	255
Processor Number	6338	E7-8890V4
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.20 GHz
L3 cache	48 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	81°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	32	24
Number of threads	64	48
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	3 TB
Supported memory frequency	3200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	32
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	S8S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)