Home / CPU Comparison / Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 or Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3: What's better?

Intel Xeon Platinum 8170

vs

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 and Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Intel Xeon Platinum 8170

More Total Cores: 26 (26 vs 18)
Higher Technology: 14 nm (14 nm vs 22 nm)
Higher Memory Type: DDR4-2666 (DDR4-2666 vs DDR3)
Newer Launch Date: July 2017 (July 2017 vs September 2014)

Basic

Intel

Label Name

Intel

July 2017

Launch Date

September 2014

Server

Platform

Server

8170

Model Name

Xeon E5-2696 v3

SkyLake

Code Name

Haswell-EP

Foundry

Intel

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

2.10 GHz

Basic Frequency

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

3.70 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

Performance-core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

Number of AVX-512 FMA Units

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

Yes

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology

Yes

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

2.0

Intel Turbo Boost Technology

L1 Cache

64K per core

L2 Cache

256K per core

L3 Cache

45MB shared

Bus Frequency

100MHz

35.75 MB L3 Cache

Cache

FCLGA3647

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

Intel Socket 2011-3

Multiplier

23.0

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Intel AES New Instructions

14 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

22 nm

165 W

TDP

145 W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

77 °C

3.0

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

PCIe Version

PCI Express is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard used for connecting high-speed components, replacing older standards such as AGP, PCI, and PCI-X. It has gone through multiple revisions and improvements since its initial release. PCIe 1.0 was first introduced in 2002, and in order to meet the growing demand for higher bandwidth, subsequent versions have been released over time.

Max Number of PCI Express Lanes

A PCI Express (PCIe) lane consists of two differential signaling pairs, one for receiving data, one for transmitting data, and is the basic unit of the PCIe bus. Max # of PCI Express Lanes is the total number of supported lanes.

Yes

Intel 64

Yes

Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Transistor Count

5.69 billions

Memory Specifications

DDR4-2666

Memory Type

DDR3

768 GB

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

2666 MHz

Maximum Memory Speed

Yes

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

Yes

Interfaces and Ports

Yes

Intel Volume Management Device (VMD)

PCIe Lanes

Miscellaneous

Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® AVX-512

Intel Standard Manageability (ISM)

Yes

Execute Disable Bit

Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.