Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3 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, 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).

Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3

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
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26794 vs 7508

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 4
Number of threads	28 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	26794 vs 7508

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3

Around 43% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2283 vs 1499

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2283 vs 1499

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1499

2283

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

26794

7508

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1499	2283
PassMark - CPU mark	26794	7508
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		4368
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		13953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		17.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.686

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Family	Xeon Gold
Launch date	11 July 2017	Q2'14
Place in performance rating	1073	1099
Processor Number	5117	E3-1276V3
Series	5100	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3.60 GHz
L1 cache	896 KB
L2 cache	14 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	4.00 GHz
Number of cores	14	4
Number of threads	28	8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GiB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	32 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	84 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
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)
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
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
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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
Execution Units		20
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		2880x1800@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.2
OpenGL		4.3