Intel Xeon Gold 6538N vs Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6538N and Intel Xeon E7-8867 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 6538N

Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
32 more threads: 64 vs 32
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 79°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm

Number of cores	32 vs 16
Number of threads	64 vs 32
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 205 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 46001 vs 44895

Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1730 vs 1725
PassMark - CPU mark	46001 vs 44895

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1725

1730

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

44895

46001

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6538N	Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1725	1730
PassMark - CPU mark	44895	46001

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6538N	Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3
Essentials
Launch date	14 Dec 2023	Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP)	$3351
Place in performance rating	785	771
Architecture codename		Haswell
Processor Number		E7-8867V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	2.50 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	79°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	32	16
Number of threads	64	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	8
Sockets supported	4677	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)	x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		32
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)