Intel Xeon Gold 6312U vs Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6312U and Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3 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 6312U

  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2349 vs 1461
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 42329 vs 15397
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2349 vs 1461
PassMark - CPU mark 42329 vs 15397

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 87.6°C vs 80°C
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 185 Watt
Maximum core temperature 87.6°C vs 80°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2349
1461
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
42329
15397
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6312U Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2349 1461
PassMark - CPU mark 42329 15397
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 20597

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6312U Intel Xeon E5-4667 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Haswell
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP) $1450
Place in performance rating 555 559
Processor Number 6312U E5-4667V3
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB
L2 cache 24 MB
L3 cache 36 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 80°C 87.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 2.90 GHz
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of cores 16
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 32

Memory

Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory size 6 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 185 Watt 135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 1S Only 4S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

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)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)