Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs E-2136

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	890	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.70	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	10.02	no data
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$289	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	QPI
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	33	34
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	20 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	154 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1151	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	1,536 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel UHD Graphics P630

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2136 and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	40

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 July 2018	20 June 2016
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	145 Watt

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