Xeon Platinum 8490H vs E5-2686 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking607not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.30no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$17,000

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads36120
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache4.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB112.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size456.12 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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)8
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. 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++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1,536 GB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 10 January 2023
Physical cores 18 60
Threads 36 120
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon E5-2686 v4 has 141.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 233.3% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads.

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