Xeon Phi 7250 vs E5-2698 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking658not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency8.31no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Knights Landing (2016)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)68 (Octahexaconta-Core)
Threads32272
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)32 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache40 MB (shared)0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)88 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA20113647
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt215 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2698 v3 and Xeon Phi 7250.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 20 June 2016
Physical cores 16 68
Threads 32 272
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 215 Watt

Xeon E5-2698 v3 has 59.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 325% more physical cores and 750% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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