Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4

  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 82 vs 76°C
  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum core temperature 82 vs 76°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
  • 14 more threads: 24 vs 10
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2096 vs 1951
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28250 vs 22336
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 10
Number of threads 24 vs 10
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2096 vs 1951
PassMark - CPU mark 28250 vs 22336

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1951
2096
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22336
28250
Name Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1951 2096
PassMark - CPU mark 22336 28250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 870
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11425

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Broadwell
Launch date Q2'16 Q1'16
Place in performance rating 1005 1014
Processor Number E5-4627V4 E5-2687WV4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.60 GHz 3.00 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 82 76°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 10 12
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 10 24
VID voltage range 0

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt 160 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 4S 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

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