Intel Xeon Gold 5317 vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5317 and Intel Xeon E5-2630L 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 5317

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 39% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 60.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2357 vs 1620
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 41181 vs 14654
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2357 vs 1620
PassMark - CPU mark 41181 vs 14654

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5317
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2357
1620
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
41181
14654
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5317 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2357 1620
PassMark - CPU mark 41181 14654
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16710

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5317 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Haswell
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $950
Place in performance rating 570 562
Processor Number 5317 E5-2630LV3
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz 1.80 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 18 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 60.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory size 6 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth 59 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 55 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 2S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® 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)