Intel Xeon Gold 6238L vs Intel Celeron 3855U

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Intel Xeon Gold 6238L CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 3855U
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Celeron 3855U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L or Intel Celeron 3855U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238L has 22 cores with 44 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 4608 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6238L was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Celeron 3855U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3855U was released in Q4/2015.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
2 Generation 7
Cascade Lake Architecture Kaby Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238L is a 22 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz). The Intel Celeron 3855U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Characteristic Intel Celeron 3855U
22 Cores 2
44 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Characteristic Intel Celeron 3855U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12.0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238L supports a maximum of 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3855U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Characteristic Intel Celeron 3855U
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
4608 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
30.25 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
48 PCIe lanes 10
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 6238L has a TDP of 140 W, that of the Intel Celeron 3855U is 15 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Characteristic Intel Celeron 3855U
140 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238L has a 30.25 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 3855U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Characteristic Intel Celeron 3855U
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 3647 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q4/2015
-- Release price 107 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
430 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
848 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
361 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
632 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
1265 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
68 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238L Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3855U Intel Celeron 3855U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
127 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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