Xeon 6979P vs E5-1603 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1640not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency2.01no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P 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)120
Threads4240
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplier28no data
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache10 MB504 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA2011-37529
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR5
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Xeon 6979P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4096

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 120
Threads 4 240
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon E5-1603 v4 has 257.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6979P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 2900% more physical cores and 5900% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

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