Intel Xeon Gold 5215 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5215 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5215

  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 76°C
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 76°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 10
  • 4 more threads: 24 vs 20
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2092 vs 1953
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28344 vs 22066
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 10
Number of threads 24 vs 20
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2092 vs 1953
PassMark - CPU mark 28344 vs 22066

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5215
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1953
2092
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22066
28344
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 1953 2092
PassMark - CPU mark 22066 28344
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 870
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11425

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $1221
Place in performance rating 1010 1013
Processor Number 5215 E5-2687WV4
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.50 GHz 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB
L2 cache 10 MB
L3 cache 13.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 76°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 10 12
Number of threads 20 24
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

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 160 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 4S 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® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)