Xeon E5-2699A v4 vs Gold 6161

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated404
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.32
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiencyno data10.73
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Broadwell-EP (2016)
Release dateno data25 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,938

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads4444
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0QPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier2224
L1 cache1.375 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache22 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache30.25 MB55 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data456.12 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketSocket PFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon E5-2699A v4.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 145 Watt

Xeon E5-2699A v4 has 13.8% lower power consumption.

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