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).

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

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 1624
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44895 vs 19795

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 1624
PassMark - CPU mark	44895 vs 19795

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

1624

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

44895

19795

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6538N	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1725	1624
PassMark - CPU mark	44895	19795
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	783	792
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)