Xeon E5-2697A v4: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-2697A v4 sales 20 June 2016 at a recommended price of $2,891. This is a Broadwell architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 145 Watt. It supports DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-2697A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	540
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.73
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	8.88	of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,891	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	32
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus type	QPI
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	26	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L2 cache	4 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	40 MB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors	7200 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697A v4 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	-
Demand Based Switching	+
PAE	46 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697A v4's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	4	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	40	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2697A v4. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Closest competitors

Xeon E5-2697A v4's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.

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