Xeon Platinum 8124 vs E5-2698 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking500not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.73no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency10.12no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$3,226no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads4036
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2230
L1 cacheno data1.125 MB
L2 cache5 MB18 MB
L3 cache50 MB24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124. 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
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1.5 TB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8124.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 20 18
Threads 40 36
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 240 Watt

Xeon E5-2698 v4 has 11.1% more physical cores and 11.1% more threads, and 77.8% lower power consumption.

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