Intel Xeon Gold 6338N vs Intel Celeron G3900

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Intel Xeon Gold 6338N CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron G3900
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Intel Celeron G3900

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6338N and the Intel Celeron G3900 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6338N 32 core processor released in Q2/2021 with the Intel Celeron G3900 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2016.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6)
3 Generation 6
Ice Lake Architecture Skylake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Celeron G4900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338N is a 32 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (3.50 GHz). The processor can compute 64 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron G3900 clocks with 2.80 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
32 Cores 2
64 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.80 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 6338N Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 510
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 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

Up to 6144 GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Gold 6338N, while the Intel Celeron G3900 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
6144 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
170.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
48.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
64 PCIe lanes 16
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338N has a TDP of 185 W. The TDP of the Intel Celeron G3900 is 51 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
185 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338N has 48.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron G3900 is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Characteristic Intel Celeron G3900
10 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 4189 Socket LGA 1151
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
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2016
2795 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 (59%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 (6%)

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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 3.50 GHz
1255 (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
735 (59%)

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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
25187 (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1420 (6%)

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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
46594 (100%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2178 (5%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1020 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2011 (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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
620 (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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1085 (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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
614 (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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
119 (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 6338N Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
213 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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