Intel Xeon Gold 5416S vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5416S and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. 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 5416S

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 14
  • 4 more threads: 32 vs 28
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.9x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3028 vs 1960
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 62325 vs 28292
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 10 March 2016
Number of cores 16 vs 14
Number of threads 32 vs 28
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 80K (per core) vs 448 KB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 vs 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 62325 vs 28292

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 86°C vs 79
  • 114688x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum core temperature 86°C vs 79
L2 cache 3.5 MB vs 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 35 MB vs 30 MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3028
1960
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
62325
28292
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5416S Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 3028 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 62325 28292
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 30097

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5416S Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Broadwell
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 10 March 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $944 $1,745
Place in performance rating 158 148
Processor Number 5416S E5-2680V4
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $1,762.90
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 3.32

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core) 448 KB
L2 cache 2MB (per core) 3.5 MB
L3 cache 30 MB (shared) 35 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 79 86°C
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 16 14
Number of threads 32 28
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Die size 306 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 9.6 GT / s / QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 4700 Million
VID voltage range 0

Memory

Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory size 4 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
ECC memory support
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 120 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)

Graphics

Processor graphics None