Xeon Gold 5117: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Gold 5117
2017
14 cores / 28 threads, 105 Watt
9.96

Xeon Gold 5117 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 9.96% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 5117 sales 11 July 2017. This is a Skylake (server) architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 14 cores and 28 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Gold 5117 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking778
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency8.98of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)

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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Multiplier20of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache896 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache14 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache19.25 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5117 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5117. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-

Security technologies

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

TXT+

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 Gold 5117's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels6of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes48of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 5117. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon Gold 5117 9.96

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 5117 15816

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Gold 5117's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon D-2733NT 102.41
Xeon Gold 5117 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon Gold 5117 is Xeon Platinum 8256, which is faster by 6% and higher by 37 positions in our ranking.

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