Xeon E5-2667 v4 vs 6517P

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon 6517P
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 190 Watt
28.21
+260%

Xeon 6517P outperforms Xeon E5-2667 v4 by a whopping 260% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1911037
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.46
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency6.282.45
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameno dataBroadwell (2015−2019)
Release date1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)20 June 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,057

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache72 MB25 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 3 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °C78 °C
Number of transistorsno data3200 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA4710FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGX+no data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5(6400MT/s)DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size4 TB1.5 TB
Max memory channels84
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon E5-2667 v4.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes8840

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon 6517P 28.21
+260%
Xeon E5-2667 v4 7.84

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon 6517P 49572
+260%
Xeon E5-2667 v4 13779

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.21 7.84
Recency 1 January 2025 20 June 2016
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 135 Watt

Xeon 6517P has a 259.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Xeon E5-2667 v4, on the other hand, has 40.7% lower power consumption.

The Intel Xeon 6517P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 in performance tests.

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