Xeon Gold 5120 vs E5-2696 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2696 v4
2016
22 cores / 44 threads, 150 Watt
15.65
+34.7%
Xeon Gold 5120
2017
14 cores / 28 threads, 105 Watt
11.62

Xeon E5-2696 v4 outperforms Xeon Gold 5120 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking439675
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.06
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.8710.47
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,555

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads4428
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier2222
L1 cacheno data896 KB
L2 cache5.5 MB14 MB
L3 cache55 MB19.25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120 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)150 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120. 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-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1,536 GB768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 5120.

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 E5-2696 v4 15.65
+34.7%
Xeon Gold 5120 11.62

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.

Xeon E5-2696 v4 24862
+34.7%
Xeon Gold 5120 18454

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.

Xeon E5-2696 v4 1120
+32.7%
Xeon Gold 5120 844

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.

Xeon E5-2696 v4 9006
+52.3%
Xeon Gold 5120 5913

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.65 11.62
Recency 20 June 2016 11 July 2017
Physical cores 22 14
Threads 44 28
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon E5-2696 v4 has a 34.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 57.1% more physical cores and 57.1% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5120, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2696 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5120 in performance tests.


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