Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Platinum 8176

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking486not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.26no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency8.37no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,719no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8176 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads5616
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier2134
L1 cache1.75 MBno data
L2 cache28 MB2 MB
L3 cache38.5 MB20 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature89 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8176 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)
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size768 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 8176 and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 20 June 2016
Physical cores 28 8
Threads 56 16
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 145 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8176 has an age advantage of 10 months, and 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

Xeon E5-2689A v4, on the other hand, has 13.8% lower power consumption.

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