Xeon Platinum 8174 vs E5-2660 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking920not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency7.44no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)no data
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2048
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache25 MB (shared)33 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature79 °C65 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8174.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 1 July 2017
Physical cores 10 24
Threads 20 48
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 240 Watt

Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 128.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8174, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 140% more physical cores and 140% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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