Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+ vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+ and Intel Xeon E5-2696 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
10 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 22
20 more threads: 64 vs 44
Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 82% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
11.6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 9% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Launch date	14 Dec 2023 vs 20 June 2016
Number of cores	32 vs 22
Number of threads	64 vs 44
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	80 KB (per core) vs 1408 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per core) vs 5.5 MB
L3 cache	60 MB (shared) vs 55 MB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2446
PassMark - CPU mark	85587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		238.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.53

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4
Essentials
Launch date	14 Dec 2023	20 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$3726
Place in performance rating	118	294
Architecture codename		Broadwell EP
Family		Xeon E5
Processor Number		E5-2696 v4
Series		E5-2000
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Die size	2x 763 mm²
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	1408 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	5.5 MB
L3 cache	60 MB (shared)	55 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	83°C
Maximum core temperature	97°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	32	22
Number of threads	64	44
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI 4800 MHz
Operating Temperature Range		-25 °C - 125 °C
Transistor count		7.2 billion
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		71.53 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1536 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	4677
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x4, 1x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
Number of USB ports		3.0
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)