Intel Xeon Gold 6130 vs E5-2686 v4

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2686 v4
13.58
+2.2%

E5-2686 v4 outperforms Gold 6130 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking481502
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money32.0923.79
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years old)25 April 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,894
Current price$80 $320 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2686 v4 has 35% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6130.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3632
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus support2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data1 MB
L2 cache4.5 MB16 MB
L3 cache45 MB22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data87 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130. 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 dataLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1,536 GB768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130.

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 E5-2686 v4 13.58
+2.2%
Xeon Gold 6130 13.29

E5-2686 v4 outperforms Gold 6130 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


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 E5-2686 v4 20855
+2.2%
Xeon Gold 6130 20411

E5-2686 v4 outperforms Gold 6130 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2686 v4 670
Xeon Gold 6130 822
+22.7%

Gold 6130 outperforms E5-2686 v4 by 23% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-2686 v4 4129
Xeon Gold 6130 9886
+139%

Gold 6130 outperforms E5-2686 v4 by 139% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 13.58 13.29
Recency 20 June 2016 25 April 2017
Physical cores 18 16
Threads 36 32
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 125 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130. The differences in performance seem too small.


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