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Intel Xeon Gold 6138 vs Intel Core i9-9900. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2017
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Core i9-9900
Intel Core i9-9900

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6138 or Intel Core i9-9900? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon Gold 6138 has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. 20 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Intel Core i9-9900 has a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    260 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    12 times more cores

    20 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6138 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    339 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    62 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    154 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    38 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    389 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    231 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    281 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 35% better clock speed

    3.10 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26 % better overclocked clock speed

    5.00 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.52 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-9900 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    188 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    144 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    126 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    150 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    65 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    151 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    313 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    320 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    665 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    5 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    23 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    285 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    168 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6138 Intel Xeon Gold 6138
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
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 Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i9-10900
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
    2.00 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    20 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 5.00 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    40 left arrow 16
  • 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
    no iGPU left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.20 GHz
  • Execution units
    left arrow 24
  • Shader
    left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    left arrow 12
  • Technology
    left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q4/2017
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 Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-9900 and Intel Xeon Gold 6138. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6138 and Intel Core i9-9900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    125 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6138 and Intel Xeon Gold 6138, 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, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    28.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 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 Gold 6138 and Intel Core i9-9900.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
161
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
219
Intel Core i9-9900
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
3069
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
1931
Intel Core i9-9900
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
4122
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
6250
Intel Core i9-9900
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
1.89
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
2.61
Intel Core i9-9900
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
25774
Intel Xeon Gold 6138
18644
Intel Core i9-9900

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