Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 10
18 more threads: 28 vs 10
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26794 vs 20294

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 10
Number of threads	28 vs 10
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	26794 vs 20294

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1722 vs 1499

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1722 vs 1499

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1499

1722

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

26794

20294

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1499	1722
PassMark - CPU mark	26794	20294

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Family	Xeon Gold
Launch date	11 July 2017	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	1072	1065
Processor Number	5117	E5-4627V3
Series	5100	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.60 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	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	14	10
Number of threads	28	10
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		86.4°C
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GiB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	135 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	4S	4S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
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
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)