Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support. 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 Gold 5117

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
  • 20 more threads: 28 vs 8
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 64 GB
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26721 vs 9303
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 4
Number of threads 28 vs 8
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 vs 9303

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 73 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2554 vs 1394
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2554 vs 1394

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1394
2554
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26721
9303
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5117 Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
PassMark - Single thread mark 1394 2554
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 9303
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1103
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4237

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5117 Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Kaby Lake
Family Xeon Gold
Launch date 11 July 2017 Q1'17
Place in performance rating 1222 1227
Processor Number 5117 E3-1275V6
Series 5100 Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v6 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 3.80 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 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 14 4
Number of threads 28 8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GiB/s 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 73 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 4S 1S Only
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, 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
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)

Graphics

Device ID 0x591D
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics P630

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4