Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210 and Intel Xeon Gold 6138 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 Silver 4210

Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 125 Watt

Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6138

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 20 vs 10
20 more threads: 40 vs 20
Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2091 vs 1816
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 42248 vs 23462

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	20 vs 10
Number of threads	40 vs 20
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2091 vs 1816
PassMark - CPU mark	42248 vs 23462

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6138

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1816

2091

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23462

42248

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon Gold 6138
PassMark - Single thread mark	1816	2091
PassMark - CPU mark	23462	42248

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon Gold 6138
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Skylake
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP)	$501-511
Place in performance rating	1106	726
Processor Number	4210	6138
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB
L2 cache	10 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	10	20
Number of threads	20	40
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2	3
Maximum core temperature		86°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		76.0mm x 56.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)