Xeon E5-2697A v4 vs Platinum 8168

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	268	549
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.53	2.71
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	9.62	8.89
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,890	$2,891

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8168 has 30% better value for money than Xeon E5-2697A v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	48	32
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	QPI
Bus rate	no data	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	27	26
L1 cache	1.5 MB	no data
L2 cache	24 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	33 MB	40 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	no data	7200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
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	no data	46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1.5 TB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon E5-2697A v4.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	40

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	20.84	13.62
Recency	25 April 2017	20 June 2016
Physical cores	24	16
Threads	48	32
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	145 Watt

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