Xeon Gold 6126T vs E5-2698 v4
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2698 v4 outperforms Xeon Gold 6126T by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 654 | 736 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.80 | 1.15 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 10.25 | 10.13 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (9 years ago) | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,226 | $1,865 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6126T has 44% better value for money than Xeon E5-2698 v4.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 40 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 2 × 9.6 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 22 | 26 |
| L1 cache | no data | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 50 MB | 19.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 456.12 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 89 °C |
| Number of transistors | 7200 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T 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 | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T. 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 E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T. 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 | 768 GB |
| 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 E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Gold 6126T.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 12.91 | 11.81 |
| Recency | 20 June 2016 | 25 April 2017 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 12 |
| Threads | 40 | 24 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon E5-2698 v4 has a 9.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.
Xeon Gold 6126T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 8% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Intel Xeon Gold 6126T.
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