Xeon Gold 5520 vs E5-2687W v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking707not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.41no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency6.55no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)no data
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,141no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads2456
Base clock speed3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache30 MB52.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size306.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature76 °C85 °C
Number of transistors4700 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520 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)no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1.5 TB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 1 October 2023
Physical cores 12 28
Threads 24 56
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon E5-2687W v4 has 28.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 133.3% more physical cores and 133.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2687W v4 and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.


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