Intel Xeon Gold 6150 vs Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6150 and Intel Xeon E5-4667 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 6150

Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6150

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
4 more threads: 36 vs 32
Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 89°C vs 87.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2141 vs 1461
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 47299 vs 15397

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 32
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	89°C vs 87.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2141 vs 1461
PassMark - CPU mark	47299 vs 15397

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 165 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6150
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2141

1461

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

47299

15397

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6150	Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2141	1461
PassMark - CPU mark	47299	15397
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20597

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6150	Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'17	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	501	484
Processor Number	6150	E5-4667V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.70 GHz	2.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	89°C	87.6°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	18	16
Number of threads	36	32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	135 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		4
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	S4S	4S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)