Xeon Gold 6161 vs E5-2696 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking439not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.87no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 6161 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)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads4444
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2222
L1 cacheno data1.375 MB
L2 cache5.5 MB22 MB
L3 cache55 MB30.25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 dataSocket P
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 6161. 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 Gold 6161 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Gold 6161.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2696 v4 has 10% lower power consumption.

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