Intel Xeon Gold 5222 vs Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5222 and Intel Xeon E5-4667 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5222

  • Around 34% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2306 vs 1461
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17470 vs 15397
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2306 vs 1461
PassMark - CPU mark 17470 vs 15397

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 24 more threads: 32 vs 8
  • Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 87.6°C vs 72°C
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 32 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 87.6°C vs 72°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5222
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2306
1461
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17470
15397
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5222 Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2306 1461
PassMark - CPU mark 17470 15397
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 20597

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5222 Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP) $1221
Place in performance rating 823 492
Processor Number 5222 E5-4667V3
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 16.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 72°C 87.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of threads 8 32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4

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

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
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 2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)