Intel Xeon E5 2650 vs Xeon 6979P

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Intel Xeon E5-2650

Intel Xeon 6979P

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2650 with 8 cores 2GHz and Xeon 6979P with 120 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2650 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 500W)

Xeon 6979P 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (8800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (504MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Intel Xeon E5 2650

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Xeon 6979P

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Sep 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Granite Rapids

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

Intel Socket 7529

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Xeon 6(Granite Rapids-AP)

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

500 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

435 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

8

Total Core Count

120

16

Total Thread Count

240

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

112 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

504 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-6400,MRDIMM-8800

-

Max Memory Size

3 TB

4

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Xeon 6979P

3

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

96

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