Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon D-2166NT

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon D-2166NT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
  • 4 more threads: 28 vs 24
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 512 GB
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26721 vs 15105
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 12
Number of threads 28 vs 24
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 512 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 vs 15105

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-2166NT

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1751 vs 1394
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1751 vs 1394

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-2166NT

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1394
1751
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26721
15105
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5117 Intel Xeon D-2166NT
PassMark - Single thread mark 1394 1751
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 15105

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5117 Intel Xeon D-2166NT

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Skylake
Family Xeon Gold
Launch date 11 July 2017 Q1'18
Place in performance rating 1219 1222
Processor Number 5117 D-2166NT
Series 5100 Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 896 KB
L2 cache 14 MB
L3 cache 19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 14 12
Number of threads 28 24
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2 0
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GiB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 512 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCBGA2518
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 85 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 4S 1S Only
PCIe configurations >

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Integrated Intel® QuickAssist Technology
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)