Intel Xeon Gold 6338T vs Intel Core i7-4960HQ

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Intel Xeon Gold 6338T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-4960HQ
Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Intel Core i7-4960HQ

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T or Intel Core i7-4960HQ - 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 6338T has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6338T was released in Q2/2021.

The Intel Core i7-4960HQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4960HQ was released in Q4/2013.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
3 Generation 4
Ice Lake Architecture Haswell H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338T has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6338T is 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-4960HQ has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4960HQ is at 2.60 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4960HQ
24 Cores 4
48 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4960HQ
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338T or Intel Core i7-4960HQ has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 40
-- Shader 320
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

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 Iris Pro Graphics 5200
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338T can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 204.8 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-4960HQ supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4960HQ
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
6144 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
204.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
36.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
64 PCIe lanes 16
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6338T is 165 W, while the Intel Core i7-4960HQ has a TDP of 47 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4960HQ
165 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 47 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338T is manufactured in 10 nm and has 36.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-4960HQ is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Characteristic Intel Core i7-4960HQ
10 nm Technology 22 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, AVX2
LGA 4189 Socket BGA 1364
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 Q4/2013
2742 $ Release price --
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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 6338T Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
24C 48T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
906 (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 6338T Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3538 (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 6338T Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
24C 48T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1084 (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 6338T Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3827 (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 6338T Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.30 GHz
832 (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 6338T Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
6732 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6338T Intel Core i7-4960HQ
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