Intel Xeon Gold 6438M vs Samsung Exynos 7578

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Intel Xeon Gold 6438M CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 7578
Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Samsung Exynos 7578

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M or Samsung Exynos 7578 - 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 6438M has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M was released in Q1/2023.

The Samsung Exynos 7578 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7578 was released in Q2/2015.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 (25) CPU group Samsung Exynos 7578/7580 (2)
4 Generation 1
Sapphire Rapids Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M has 32 CPU cores and can calculate 64 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6438M is 2.20 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Samsung Exynos 7578 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7578 is at 1.50 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7578
32 Cores 4
64 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- 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 6438M Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7578
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M or Samsung Exynos 7578 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 ARM Mali-T720 MP2
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
-- GPU Generation Midgard 3
Technology 28nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 11

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 ARM Mali-T720 MP2
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 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 307.2 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 7578 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7578
DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR3-1066
4096 GB Max. Memory
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 0
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
60.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
80 PCIe lanes --
315.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6438M is 205 W, while the Samsung Exynos 7578 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7578
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6438M is manufactured in 10 nm and has 60.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 7578 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6438M Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7578
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 4677 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2015
3273 $ 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 6438M Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
32C 64T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
107 (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 6438M Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
32C 64T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
376 (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 6438M Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 @ 0.65 GHz
22 (100%)

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