Intel Xeon Gold 6334 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6334 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 6334

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2518 vs 1661
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35117 vs 17238
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 vs September 2013
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2518 vs 1661
PassMark - CPU mark 35117 vs 17238

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

  • Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 80°C vs 69°C
  • Around 11% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum core temperature 80°C vs 69°C
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 18 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6334
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2518
1661
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
35117
17238
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6334 Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 2518 1661
PassMark - CPU mark 35117 17238
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 17874

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6334 Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Ivy Bridge EN
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $2214
Place in performance rating 588 597
Processor Number 6334 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 3.60 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 18 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C 80°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 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 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 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) 165 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)