Xeon Gold 6134M vs E5-2690 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	635	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.02	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	8.58	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,090	$5,217

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	28	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	QPI	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	26	32
L1 cache	no data	512 KB
L2 cache	3.5 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	35 MB	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	306.18 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	89 °C	79 °C
Number of transistors	4700 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M 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)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	1.5 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 v4 and Xeon Gold 6134M.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	25 April 2017
Physical cores	14	8
Threads	28	16
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	130 Watt

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