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Intel Xeon W-1290 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6238L. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Xeon W-1290
Intel Xeon W-1290
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L

What's the best choice Intel Xeon W-1290 or Intel Xeon Gold 6238L? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon W-1290 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 80 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L has a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 22 Cores. Power consumption of 140 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

Intel Xeon W-1290 Reasons to consider
Intel Xeon W-1290
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    609 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 34% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 29% better overclocked clock speed

    5.20 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    80 W left arrow 140 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon W-1290 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    178 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    681 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    138 place
  • More number of cores

    About 2.2 times more cores

    22 left arrow 10

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6238L CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon W-1290 Intel Xeon W-1290
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
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 W left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon W-1200 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
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
    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    10 left arrow 22
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    5.20 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 44
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • 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
    Intel UHD Graphics P630 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.20 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow
  • Shader
    192 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6238L and Intel Xeon W-1290. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 48
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon W-1290 and Intel Xeon Gold 6238L to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    80 W left arrow 140 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon W-1290 and Intel Xeon W-1290, 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 VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    20.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 30.25 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake W left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon W-1290 and Intel Xeon Gold 6238L.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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