Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5415+

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5415+

Around 28% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3248 vs 1906
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44674 vs 26403

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3248 vs 1906
PassMark - CPU mark	44674 vs 26403

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
12 more threads: 28 vs 16
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 78
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	79°C vs 78
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3248

1906

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

44674

26403

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5415+	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3248	1906
PassMark - CPU mark	44674	26403
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		25358

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5415+	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids	Broadwell
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$1076
Place in performance rating	228	237
Processor Number	5415+	E5-2660V4
Series	4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.90 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)
L3 cache	22.5 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78	79°C
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	8	14
Number of threads	16	28
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC,	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4677	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	80	40
PCI Express revision	5	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel AMX, 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
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)