Intel Xeon Gold 6454S vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6454S and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, 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 6454S

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 18 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 14
  • 36 more threads: 64 vs 28
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 18.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 71% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2355 vs 1960
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 85725 vs 28247
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 vs 10 March 2016
Number of cores 32 vs 14
Number of threads 64 vs 28
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) vs 448 KB
L2 cache 2 MB (per core) vs 3.5 MB
L3 cache 60 MB vs 35 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2355 vs 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 85725 vs 28247

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 270 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 270 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6454S
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2355
1960
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
85725
28247
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6454S Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2355 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 85725 28247
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3508
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 30097

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4

Essentials

Launch date 10 Jan 2023 10 March 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $3157 $1,745
Place in performance rating 150 149
Architecture codename Broadwell
Price now $1,762.90
Processor Number E5-2680V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 3.32
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 4x 477 mm² 306 mm
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) 448 KB
L2 cache 2 MB (per core) 3.5 MB
L3 cache 60 MB 35 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 32 14
Number of threads 64 28
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Front-side bus (FSB) 9.6 GT / s / QPI
Maximum core temperature 86°C
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 4700 Million
VID voltage range 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported 4677 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt 120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only) x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S

Graphics

Processor graphics None

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)