Xeon Gold 5320T vs E5-1603 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1689not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.89no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads440
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache10 MB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.65–1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T 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 configuration12
SocketFCLGA2011-3FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size768 GB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth59 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1603 v3 and Xeon Gold 5320T.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4064

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 20
Threads 4 40
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E5-1603 v3 has 7.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5320T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.

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