Intel Xeon Gold 6226 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6226 and Intel Xeon E5-2687W 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6226

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 86°C vs 67°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 256 GB
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2203 vs 1740
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32062 vs 17753
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs March 2012
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 86°C vs 67°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 256 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2203 vs 1740
PassMark - CPU mark 32062 vs 17753

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2687W

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • Around 4% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 19.25 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6226
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2687W

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2203
1740
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32062
17753
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Intel Xeon E5-2687W
PassMark - Single thread mark 2203 1740
PassMark - CPU mark 32062 17753
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 699
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5632
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 12747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 269.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 78.498

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1776 $815
Place in performance rating 748 737
Processor Number 6226 E5-2687W
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $2,636.50
Value for money (0-100) 1.61

Performance

Base frequency 2.70 GHz 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 19.25 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C 67°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V - 1.35V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 256 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 150 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
PCIe configurations 1x16, x8, x4
Scalability 4S 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)