Intel Xeon Gold 6137 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6137 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6137

  • Around 37% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2499 vs 1623
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2499 vs 1623

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 205 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19810 vs 19365
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 205 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 19810 vs 19365

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6137
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2499
1623
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19365
19810
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6137 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2499 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 19365 19810
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 689
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 311.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.724

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6137 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Haswell
Launch date Q3'17 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 801 794
Processor Number 6137 E5-2650V3
Series Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.90 GHz 2.30 GHz
L3 cache 25 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of threads 16 20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature 78.9°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 768 GB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 105 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 S4S 2S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)