Intel Xeon Gold 6226R vs Intel Xeon E5-4650

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6226R and Intel Xeon E5-4650 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 10% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2126 vs 1430
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 39735 vs 13713
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 vs May 2012
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 22 MB vs 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2126 vs 1430
PassMark - CPU mark 39735 vs 13713

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650

  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4650

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2126
1430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
39735
13713
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon E5-4650
PassMark - Single thread mark 2126 1430
PassMark - CPU mark 39735 13713
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2693
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16028

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon E5-4650

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1300 - $1306 $799
Place in performance rating 739 733
Processor Number 6226R E5-4650
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $95.49
Value for money (0-100) 37.38

Performance

Base frequency 2.90 GHz 2.70 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB) 16 MB
L1 cache 1 MB 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 22 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 85°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 16 8
Number of threads 32 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 mm
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1 TB 384 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 4S 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® 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)