Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6254 and Intel Xeon E5-2696 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, 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).

Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6254

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
3.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	2 Apr 2019 vs 20 June 2016
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L2 cache	18 MB vs 5.5 MB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 18
8 more threads: 44 vs 36
Around 22% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 GB vs 1 TB
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt

Number of cores	22 vs 18
Number of threads	44 vs 36
L1 cache	1408 KB vs 1.125 MB
L3 cache	55 MB vs 24.75 MB
Maximum memory size	1536 GB vs 1 TB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6254
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6254	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2338
PassMark - CPU mark	53981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		238.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.53

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6254	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Broadwell EP
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	20 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$3803
Place in performance rating	340	274
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		Xeon E5
Processor Number		E5-2696 v4
Series		E5-2000
Performance
Base frequency	3.10 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus Speed	4 × 8 GT/s	9.6 GT/s QPI 4800 MHz
L1 cache	1.125 MB	1408 KB
L2 cache	18 MB	5.5 MB
L3 cache	24.75 MB	55 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82 °C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	18	22
Number of threads	36	44
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Operating Temperature Range		-25 °C - 125 °C
Transistor count		7.2 billion
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Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	131.13 GB/s	71.53 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1536 GB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2400
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	150 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	4S
Number of USB ports		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x4, 1x16
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 64
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
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)