Intel Xeon Gold 6330 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6330 and Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2 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 6330

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 28 vs 8
  • 40 more threads: 56 vs 16
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 86°C vs 80°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 14x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1785 vs 1577
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 62360 vs 15808
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 vs September 2013
Number of cores 28 vs 8
Number of threads 56 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 86°C vs 80°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 1.75 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 28 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 42 MB vs 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1785 vs 1577
PassMark - CPU mark 62360 vs 15808

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 205 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6330
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1785
1577
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
62360
15808
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6330 Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1785 1577
PassMark - CPU mark 62360 15808
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 17874

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6330 Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Ivy Bridge EN
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $1894 - $1905
Place in performance rating 441 540
Processor Number 6330 E5-2450V2
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 1.75 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 28 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 42 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 86°C 80°C
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 28 8
Number of threads 56 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 8 3
Maximum memory size 6 TB 384 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 24
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 2S Only
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® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

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)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)