Xeon E7-4870 v3 vs Gold 6132

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking531not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.64no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency9.43no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,111no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads2836
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache896 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache14 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data160 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)4
SocketFCLGA36471150
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3 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 Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon E7-4870 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 1 June 2015
Physical cores 14 18
Threads 28 36
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm

Xeon Gold 6132 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon E7-4870 v3, on the other hand, has 28.6% more physical cores and 28.6% more threads.

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