Intel Xeon Gold 5217 vs Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5217 and Intel Xeon E5-2683 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5217

  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1752
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2089 vs 1752

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 79°C
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28237 vs 25455
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 79°C
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 28237 vs 25455

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5217
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2089
1752
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25455
28237
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5217 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2089 1752
PassMark - CPU mark 25455 28237
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3194
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 28493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.156

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5217 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $1522
Place in performance rating 800 754
Processor Number 5217 E5-2683V4
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz 2.10 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB
L3 cache 11 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C 84°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 16
Number of threads 16 32
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) 115 Watt 120 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)