Intel Xeon Gold 5120T vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5120T and Intel Xeon E5-2697 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 5120T

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5120T

Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 89°C vs 76.7°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 145 Watt

Maximum core temperature	89°C vs 76.7°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1927 vs 1849
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26772 vs 18127

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1927 vs 1849
PassMark - CPU mark	26772 vs 18127

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1849

1927

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

18127

26772

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5120T	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1849	1927
PassMark - CPU mark	18127	26772
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9536

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5120T	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'17	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1163	1178
Processor Number	5120T	E5-2697V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	89°C	76.7°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	14	14
Number of threads	28	28
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	145 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	S4S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)