Xeon Gold 6130 vs E5-2699 v4

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	352	512
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	29.68	23.54
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (7 years old)	25 April 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,115	$1,894
Current price	$265 (0.1x MSRP)	$320 (0.2x MSRP)

Xeon E5-2699 v4 has 26% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6130.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 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	22 (Docosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	44	32
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	2 × 9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	1 MB
L2 cache	5.5 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	55 MB	22 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	87 °C
Number of transistors	7200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130. 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	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130. 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 E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Gold 6130.

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.

E5-2699 v4 outperforms Gold 6130 by 25% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	16.62	13.33
Recency	20 June 2016	25 April 2017
Physical cores	22	16
Threads	44	32
Cost	$4115	$1894
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	125 Watt

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