Xeon Gold 6554S vs E5-1603

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1852not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.59no data
Architecture codenameno dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 January 2012 (12 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,157

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)36
Threads472
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache10 MB180 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature64 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.6V - 1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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 configuration12
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066DDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size375 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth31.4 GB/sno data
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 Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon Gold 6554S.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2012 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 36
Threads 4 72
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon E5-1603 has 107.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6554S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads.

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