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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Gold 6538N can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA4677

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 32 Threads: 64

Typical TDP: 205 W

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 4.0 TB (Up to DDR5 5200 MT/s 1DPC, ECC Supported)

Other names: INTEL XEON GOLD 6538N

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 13.40

Overall Rank:
326th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
2529th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
241st fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $3,351.00 USD (2023-10-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
44895
Single Thread Rating
1725

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Integer Math180,325 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math127,445 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers315 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting82,208 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption39,979 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression652,978 KBytes/Sec
Physics6,286 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions55,880 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,725 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of October 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 44,895
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,818
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,745
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
 28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 19,162
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,104
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,274
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 80.70
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.59
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.22
Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 13.40
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
 NA
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 3,954
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
 3,764
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,358
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 2,067
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,929
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,782
Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 1,725
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,720
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,326
Last 2 Baselines for Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5058492 - Mar 11 2024
44887
BL5058461 - Mar 11 2024
44903
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 44,895
Intel Xeon Gold 6438N vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 52,789 (+17.6%)
AMD EPYC 9184X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 48,058 (+7.0%)
AMD EPYC 8324P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 57,127 (+27.2%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 54,078 (+20.5%)
AMD EPYC 8324P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 57,127 (+27.2%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 54,078 (+20.5%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 95,623 (+113.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 49,944 (+11.2%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 82,214 (+83.1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6314U @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 48,916 (+9.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6530 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 48,432 (+7.9%)
AMD EPYC 9334 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6538N
 65,568 (+46.0%)