Intel Xeon Gold 6208U vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6208U 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 6208U

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
  • 12 more threads: 32 vs 20
  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 78.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2265 vs 1623
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 27085 vs 19810
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 10
Number of threads 32 vs 20
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 85°C vs 78.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2265 vs 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 27085 vs 19810

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6208U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2265
1623
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
27085
19810
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6208U Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2265 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 27085 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 6208U Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $989
Place in performance rating 793 794
Processor Number 6208U E5-2650V3
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.90 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB
L2 cache 16 MB
L3 cache 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 85°C 78.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 16 10
Number of threads 32 20
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 0
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 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) 150 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 1S Only 2S
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® Identity Protection technology
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® 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® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
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)