Intel Xeon Gold 6248R vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6248R and Intel Xeon E5-1680 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6248R

  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
  • 32 more threads: 48 vs 16
  • Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 70°C
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2343 vs 2313
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 61312 vs 14136
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 8
Number of threads 48 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 75°C vs 70°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2343 vs 2313
PassMark - CPU mark 61312 vs 14136

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 205 Watt
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2343
2313
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
61312
14136
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2343 2313
PassMark - CPU mark 61312 14136
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4025
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 25553

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6248R Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 24 Feb 2020 Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP) $2700
Place in performance rating 271 141
Processor Number 6248R E5-1680V4
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB
L2 cache 24 MB
L3 cache 35.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 75°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 24 8
Number of threads 48 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

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

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 1S Only
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)