Xeon Gold 5520 vs E-2224

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1308	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.01	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	no data
Power efficiency	6.09	no data
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	no data
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$193	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 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	4 (Quad-Core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	4	56
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	52.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	126 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	128 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	N/A	no data
Max resolution over eDP	N/A	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	N/A	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2224 and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 May 2019	1 October 2023
Physical cores	4	28
Threads	4	56
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	205 Watt

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