Intel Xeon Gold 6230 vs Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6230 and Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 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 6230

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 20 vs 18
  • 4 more threads: 40 vs 36
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2098 vs 1907
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44580 vs 35128
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 20 vs 18
Number of threads 40 vs 36
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2098 vs 1907
PassMark - CPU mark 44580 vs 35128

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6230
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2098
1907
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44580
35128
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6230 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2098 1907
PassMark - CPU mark 44580 35128
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3294
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 29615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 52.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 403.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.165
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.162

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6230 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Family Xeon Gold
Launch date 2 April 2019 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $1894, $1900
Place in performance rating 538 107
Processor Number 6230 E5-2695V4
Series 6200 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.10 GHz
Bus Speed 4 × 8 GT/s 9.6 GT/s QPI
L1 cache 1.25 MB
L2 cache 20 MB
L3 cache 27.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 87 °C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 20 18
Number of threads 40 36
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 84°C
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 4S 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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)