Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon D-2141I

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 and Intel Xeon D-2141I processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-2141I

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-2141I

Name Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Intel Xeon D-2141I
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 209.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6767
PassMark - Single thread mark 1713
PassMark - CPU mark 12117

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Intel Xeon D-2141I

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell-EP Skylake
Family Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Launch date Q4'14 Q1'18
Place in performance rating 1312 1308
Processor Number E5-2696 v3 D-2141I
Vertical segment Server Server
Series Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2300 MHz 2.20 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 1.125 MB
L2 cache 4.5 MB
L3 cache 45 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Number of cores 18 8
Number of threads 36 16
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 0

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4
Maximum memory size 512 GB
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported LGA2011-3 (R3) FCBGA2518
Low Halogen Options Available
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations >
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Integrated Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)