A Look At The Xeon Gold 6138 + Tyan GT24E-B7106 1U Linux Server Performance

This is certainly the fastest system I've ever tested for being able to build the Linux kernel.

Compiling the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is also very fast although its build process isn't as well threaded.

Ray-tracing is also brilliant with 80 threads at the system's disposal.

Obviously in non highly threaded workloads, the performance is just comparable to other ~Skylake processors. But highly threaded workloads is where the Xeon Gold 6138 is really at with its otherwise low base clock frequencies.

Hopefully these numbers provide some reference for value. The benefit though with carrying out all of these benchmarks via our open-source Phoronix Test Suite software, you can simply install it on the Linux distribution of your choice and run phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1708237-TY-TYANXEON474 to carry out your own fully-automated, side-by-side comparison to the results in this article from start to finish to see how your own Linux system(s) compare to the performance potential of this Tyan server and the other tested Intel CPUs.