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).

Intel Xeon Gold 6137

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

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 1624

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 1624

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: 19795 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	19795 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

1624

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19365

19795

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6137	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2499	1624
PassMark - CPU mark	19365	19795
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	796	792
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)