Xeon E5-2692 V3 vs E5-2696 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency9.87no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)8 September 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4424
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache5.5 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache55 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size456.12 mm2356 mm2
Number of transistors7200 Million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3 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)2
Socketno data2011-3
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
TSX++

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2133
Maximum memory size1,536 GBno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon E5-2692 V3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 8 September 2014
Physical cores 22 12
Threads 44 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2696 v4 has an age advantage of 1 year, 83.3% more physical cores and 83.3% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 10% lower power consumption.

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