Intel Xeon Gold 6530 vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6530 and Intel Xeon E5-2699 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6530

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 22
  • 20 more threads: 64 vs 44
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
  • Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 91°C vs 79°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2738 vs 2105
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 85966 vs 43601
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 22
Number of threads 64 vs 44
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature 91°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2738 vs 2105
PassMark - CPU mark 85966 vs 43601

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 270 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 Watt vs 270 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6530
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2738
2105
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
85966
43601
Name Intel Xeon Gold 6530 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2738 2105
PassMark - CPU mark 85966 43601
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3462
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 30449

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 6530 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

Essentials

Launch date 14 Dec 2023 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $2128
Place in performance rating 99 105
Architecture codename Broadwell
Processor Number E5-2699V4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.20 GHz
Die size 2x 763 mm²
L1 cache 80 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB (per core)
L3 cache 160 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74°C
Maximum core temperature 91°C 79°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 32 22
Number of threads 64 44
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
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 145 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

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)