Intel Xeon Gold 6538N vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6538N and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

  • 22 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 10
  • 44 more threads: 64 vs 20
  • Around 37% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 78.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1725 vs 1623
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44895 vs 19810
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 10
Number of threads 64 vs 20
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 78.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1725 vs 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 44895 vs 19810

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

  • Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 205 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1725
1623
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44895
19810
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6538N Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1725 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 44895 19810
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 689
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 311.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.724

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Essentials

Launch date 14 Dec 2023 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $3351
Place in performance rating 786 794
Architecture codename Haswell
Processor Number E5-2650V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.30 GHz
Die size 2x 763 mm²
L1 cache 80 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB (per core)
L3 cache 60 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 85°C
Maximum core temperature 95°C 78.9°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 32 10
Number of threads 64 20
Unlocked
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
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported 4677 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only) x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)