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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6238L. Specifications

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Q3/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
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Q2/2019
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Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 or Intel Xeon Gold 6238L? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz. 10 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in Q3/2014.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 22 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 140 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 24% better clock speed

    2.60 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    105 W left arrow 140 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    637 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    184 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    727 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    283 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    342 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    97 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    333 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    107 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    202 place
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    22 left arrow 10
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 12 % higher specified turbo frequency

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v3 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 2
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.6 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    10 left arrow 22
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 44
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.3 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
    3 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (22 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.6 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6238L and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 6
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 48
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 140 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Intel Xeon Gold 6238L, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Haswell E left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    25 MB left arrow 30.25 MB
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q2/2019
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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