Xeon E5-2699A v4 vs i7-6950X Extreme Edition

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated404
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.32
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i7EEIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiencyno data10.74
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Broadwell-EP (2016)
Release dateno data25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,743$4,938

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads2044
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0QPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier3024
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB55 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2456.12 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistors3400 Million7,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size128 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4040

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 10 22
Threads 20 44
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 145 Watt

i7-6950X Extreme Edition has 3.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2699A v4, on the other hand, has 120% more physical cores and 120% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition and Xeon E5-2699A v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2699A v4 is a server/workstation one.


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