Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
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Intel Xeon Gold 6338N vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2021
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
Released
Q4/2019
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6338N or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338N has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 32 Cores. Power consumption of 185 W. Released in Q2/2021.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    26 times more cores

    32 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6338N CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    40 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    641 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 31% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 3 % better overclocked clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.35 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 185 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    324 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    233 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    228 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    461 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    254 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    594 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    505 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    94 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    442 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 2000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.20 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    32 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    64 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and Intel Xeon Gold 6338N. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    6144 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    8 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    64 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6338N and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    185 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6338N and Intel Xeon Gold 6338N, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    48.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Ice Lake left arrow Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 4189 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q4/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon Gold 6338N and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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