Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Platinum 8124M

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking371not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency6.79no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release dateno data20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3616
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0QPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier3034
L1 cache1.125 MBno data
L2 cache18 MB2 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB20 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246.24 mm2
Number of transistorsno data3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketSocket Pno data
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
TSX++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size1,536 GB1,536 GB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 18 8
Threads 36 16
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 145 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8124M has 125% more physical cores and 125% more threads.

Xeon E5-2689A v4, on the other hand, has 65.5% lower power consumption.

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