Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Core i9-10900 vs Xeon Gold 6138 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900 is faster than the Xeon Gold 6138. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6138 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i9-10900 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6138. Also, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6138 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Gold 6138 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900. The Xeon Gold 6138 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.