Xeon Bronze 3104 vs E5-2667 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	944	1669
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.08	4.38
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Bronze
Power efficiency	5.63	3.11
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,300	$213

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Bronze 3104 has 306% better value for money than Xeon E5-2667 v2.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104 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	8 (Octa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	6
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	17
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	6 MB
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	8.25 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104 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	2	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no 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
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104 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 E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2667 v2 and Xeon Bronze 3104.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.02	2.90
Recency	1 September 2013	11 July 2017
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	16	6
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	85 Watt

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