Intel Xeon Gold 5115 vs E5-2678 v3

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2678 v3
9.55
+0.1%

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking716719
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.873.40
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeonIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date2015 (9 years old)11 July 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,221
Current price$67 $1450 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 102% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5115.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache384 KB640 KB
L2 cache3072 KB10 MB
L3 cache30 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)84 °Cno data
Number of transistors5,560 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA2011-3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2678 v3 9.55
+0.1%
Xeon Gold 5115 9.54

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-2678 v3 14668
+0.1%
Xeon Gold 5115 14649

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.55 9.54
Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 5115. The differences in performance seem too small.


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