Xeon Platinum 8163 vs E5-2690

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1092	2484
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.92	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	4.30	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$397	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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	8 (Octa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	16	48
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	25
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1.5 MB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	24 MB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	33 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	435 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no 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 E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	384 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Platinum 8163.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.13	0.98
Physical cores	8	24
Threads	16	48
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm

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