Xeon Phi 7290 vs E5-2630 v4

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1070	712
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.32	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	8.10	4.61
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	no data	Intel
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Knights Landing (2016)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$667	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290 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 cores	10 (Deca-Core)	72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads	20	288
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	no data	32 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2.5 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	25 MB	0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	3647
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	245 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v4 and Xeon Phi 7290.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	7.19	11.80
Physical cores	10	72
Threads	20	288
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	245 Watt

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