Xeon Gold 6136 vs E5-2673 v4

Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2673 v4
2016
20 cores / 40 threads, 135 Watt
12.87
Xeon Gold 6136
2017
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
13.21
+2.6%

Xeon Gold 6136 outperforms Xeon E5-2673 v4 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking597573
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.60
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.028.33
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,460

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4024
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2330
L1 cacheno data768 KB
L2 cache5 MB12 MB
L3 cache50 MB24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1,536 GB768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Xeon E5-2673 v4 12.87
Xeon Gold 6136 13.21
+2.6%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2673 v4 20440
Xeon Gold 6136 20977
+2.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-2673 v4 982
Xeon Gold 6136 1067
+8.7%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-2673 v4 7821
Xeon Gold 6136 9089
+16.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.87 13.21
Recency 20 June 2016 25 April 2017
Physical cores 20 12
Threads 40 24
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E5-2673 v4 has 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6136, on the other hand, has a 2.6% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 10 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon Gold 6136.


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