Xeon Gold 6161 vs E5-2680

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1110not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.84no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency4.31no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads1644
Base clock speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache64K (per core)1.375 MB
L2 cache256K (per core)22 MB
L3 cache20 MB (shared)30.25 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161 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)
SocketFCLGA2011Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Gold 6161.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 22
Threads 16 44
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 has 26.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6161, on the other hand, has 175% more physical cores and 175% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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