Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M and Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 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 Platinum 8180M

  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 28 vs 8
  • 40 more threads: 56 vs 16
  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 39% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 60.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2163 vs 1620
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 54598 vs 14654
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 28 vs 8
Number of threads 56 vs 16
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2163 vs 1620
PassMark - CPU mark 54598 vs 14654

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 205 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2163
1620
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
54598
14654
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2163 1620
PassMark - CPU mark 54598 14654
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 16710

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Haswell
Launch date 11 Jul 2017 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 543 542
Processor Number 8180M E5-2630LV3
Series Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.50 GHz 1.80 GHz
L1 cache 1792 KB
L2 cache 28 MB
L3 cache 38.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 60.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 2.90 GHz
Number of cores 28 8
Number of threads 56 16
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth 59 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 55 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability S8S 2S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
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)