Intel Xeon Gold 6238R vs Intel Xeon Silver 4310. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Xeon Gold Intel Xeon Silver
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 Intel Xeon Silver 4300
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

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 2.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  28 12
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Threads
  56 24
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes, SMT
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4310 and Intel Xeon Gold 6238R. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB 6144 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  6 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6238R and Intel Xeon Silver 4310 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  165 W 120 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  76 °C 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6238R and Intel Xeon Gold 6238R, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- No
• L3-Cache
  38.50 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cascade Lake Ice Lake
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 3647 LGA 4189
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2021