Intel Xeon Gold 6338
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Intel Xeon Gold 6338 vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2021
Intel Xeon Gold 6338
Intel Xeon Gold 6338
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2019-09-30
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6338 or AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 has a base frequency of 2.00 GHz. 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 205 W. Released in Q2/2021.

AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 has a base frequency of 3.1 GHz. 12 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2019-09-30.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    20 more cores

    32 left arrow 12
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 55% better clock speed

    3.1 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 34 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.3 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 205 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    254 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    98 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    25 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    6 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    48 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6338 Intel Xeon Gold 6338
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Ryzen PRO
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen PRO 3000 Series
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 GHz left arrow 3.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    32 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    64 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.2 GHz left arrow 4.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
    2.8 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow No turbo
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 None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
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 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 and Intel Xeon Gold 6338. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    6144 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    8 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    64 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6338 and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    205 W left arrow 65 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6338 and AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Ice Lake left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    48 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow 2019-09-30
  • Socket
    LGA 4189 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Matisse
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.75 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000072
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 12893.410178 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows
System RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 77.559 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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