Xeon Gold 6230N vs E5-2695 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking645not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.52no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.50no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,424$2,046

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads3640
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2123
L1 cacheno data1.25 MB
L2 cache4.5 MB20 MB
L3 cache45 MB27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature84 °C78 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N 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)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® 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-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N 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 E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 2 April 2019
Physical cores 18 20
Threads 36 40
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon E5-2695 v4 has 4.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6230N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 11.1% more physical cores and 11.1% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Xeon Gold 6230N. We've got no test results to judge.


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