Xeon Platinum 9222 vs E5-2699 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	428	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.56	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	10.24	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,115	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	44	64
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 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	23
L1 cache	no data	2 MB
L2 cache	5.5 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	55 MB	71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Number of transistors	7200 Million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222 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)	8
Socket	FCLGA2011	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	2 TiB
Max memory channels	4	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9222.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	2 April 2019
Physical cores	22	32
Threads	44	64
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	250 Watt

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