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.

 

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 786 772
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)