Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon E7-4830

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon E7-4830 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117

Intel Xeon E7-4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
12 more threads: 28 vs 16
Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.80 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1394 vs 1012
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26721 vs 19981

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 16
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1394 vs 1012
PassMark - CPU mark	26721 vs 19981

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4830

2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 TB vs 768 GB

Maximum memory size	2 TB vs 768 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-4830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1394

1012

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

26721

19981

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon E7-4830
PassMark - Single thread mark	1394	1012
PassMark - CPU mark	26721	19981
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1696
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		10382

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5117	Intel Xeon E7-4830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Westmere EX
Family	Xeon Gold
Launch date	11 July 2017	Q2'11
Place in performance rating	1202	1196
Processor Number	5117	E7-4830
Series	5100	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.13 GHz
L1 cache	896 KB
L2 cache	14 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	14	8
Number of threads	28	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Unlocked
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		64°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GiB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	105 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Package Size		49.17mm x 56.47mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	4S	S4S
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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
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)