Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 vs Intel Xeon E5 2689

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

Intel Xeon E5-2689

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 with 32 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2689 with 8 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 1600)

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2689 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (115W vs 250W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9221

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Intel Xeon E5 2689

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

115 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR3-1600

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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