Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6142

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 and Intel Xeon Gold 6142 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Intel Xeon Gold 6142

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
4 more threads: 36 vs 32

Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 32

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6142

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 Gold 6142

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon Gold 6142
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	6829
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		4001
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		32370
PassMark - Single thread mark		2087
PassMark - CPU mark		36651

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon Gold 6142
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Skylake
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Launch date	Q4'14	Q3'17
Place in performance rating	1352	69
Processor Number	E5-2696 v3	6142
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2300 MHz	2.60 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	16
Number of threads	36	32
Maximum core temperature		85°C
Maximum frequency		3.70 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	2	6
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA3647
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		76.0mm x 56.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability		S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Speed Shift technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)