Xeon Platinum 9221 vs E5-2696 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	431	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	9.87	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221 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 cores	22 (Docosa-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	44	64
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	QPI	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	22	21
L1 cache	no data	2 MB
L2 cache	5.5 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	55 MB	71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	7200 Million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	8
Socket	no data	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	1,536 GB	2 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 v4 and Xeon Platinum 9221.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	2 April 2019
Physical cores	22	32
Threads	44	64
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	250 Watt

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