Intel Xeon Gold 6238 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Xeon Gold 6238 has 22 cores with 44 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Xeon Gold series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 3647 socket and was released in Q2/2019. The Intel Xeon Gold 6238 scores 1,076 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 15,622 points.
Intel Xeon Gold 6238

At a glance

Name: Intel Xeon Gold 6238
Family: Intel Xeon Gold (163)
CPU group: Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
Architecture: Cascade Lake
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 2
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238 has 22 CPU cores and can calculate 44 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6238 is 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 22 / 44
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 22x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (22 Cores): 2.60 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 1024 GB memory in 6 (Hexa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2933
140.7 GB/s
Max. Memory: 1024 GB
Memory channels: 6 (Hexa Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth: 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 140 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 140 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 30.25 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 3647
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 30.25 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q2/2019
Release price: 2615 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon Gold 6238 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
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4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1080
Intel Core i3-10300T Intel Core i3-10300T
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1080
Intel Core i7-9700T Intel Core i7-9700T
8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz
1077
Intel Xeon Gold 6238 Intel Xeon Gold 6238
22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz
1076
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1076
Intel Core i7-4790K Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1073
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1072

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 Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
15712
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
15684
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
15679
Intel Xeon Gold 6238 Intel Xeon Gold 6238
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
15622
Intel Core i9-12900T Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz
15450
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20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
15439
Intel Xeon Gold 6150 Intel Xeon Gold 6150
18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz
15433

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 Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
27830
Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
27830
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
27730
Intel Xeon Gold 6238 Intel Xeon Gold 6238
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz
27598
Intel Xeon Gold 6212U Intel Xeon Gold 6212U
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
27489
Intel Xeon Gold 5317 Intel Xeon Gold 5317
12C 24T @ 3.40 GHz
27414
Intel Xeon Gold 6252 Intel Xeon Gold 6252
24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz
27157

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