Xeon Gold 6530 vs E5-1691 V3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated59
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data56.60
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data14.45
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads2864
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35 MB (shared)160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size356 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530 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
Socket2011-3FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 E5-1691 V3 and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 14 December 2023
Physical cores 14 32
Threads 28 64
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon E5-1691 V3 has 100% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 128.6% more physical cores and 128.6% more threads.

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