Intel Xeon Gold 6226 vs Intel Xeon E5630

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6226 and Intel Xeon E5630 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 - 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 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 24 vs 8
  • Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 86°C vs 77.6°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3.6x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 288 GB
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2203 vs 1170
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32062 vs 6898
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs March 2010
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 24 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 86°C vs 77.6°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)
L3 cache 19.25 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 288 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2203 vs 1170
PassMark - CPU mark 32062 vs 6898

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5630

  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6226
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5630

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2203
1170
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32062
6898
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Intel Xeon E5630
PassMark - Single thread mark 2203 1170
PassMark - CPU mark 32062 6898
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 63.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.83

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Intel Xeon E5630

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Westmere EP
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $1776 $73
Place in performance rating 650 2514
Processor Number 6226 E5630
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $47.03
Value for money (0-100) 31.87

Performance

Base frequency 2.70 GHz 2.53 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 19.25 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C 77.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 24 8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size 239 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 1170 million
VID voltage range 0.750V-1.350V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 288 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR3 800/1066

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 42.5mm X 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, x8, x4
Scalability 4S

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.2
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® Demand Based Switching
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 40-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)