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Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Xeon Gold 5215L. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2017
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
Intel Xeon Gold 5215L

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-7980XE or Intel Xeon Gold 5215L? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-7980XE has a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. 18 Cores. Power consumption of 165 W. Released in Q4/2017.

Intel Xeon Gold 5215L has a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 85 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    94 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 4% better clock speed

    2.60 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 times more cores

    18 left arrow 10
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 19% better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-7980XE CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    191 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    248 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    45 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    197 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    37 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    374 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    77 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    12 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    180 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    39 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    21 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    56 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    141 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    9 place
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.52 times less performance per watt

    85 W left arrow 165 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 5215L CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE
Intel Xeon Gold 5215L Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    7 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 7000X left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.60 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    18 left arrow 10
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    36 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 5215L and Intel Core i9-7980XE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 6
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    44 left arrow 48
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-7980XE and Intel Xeon Gold 5215L to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    165 W left arrow 85 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-7980XE and Intel Core i9-7980XE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    25.00 MB left arrow 13.75 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake X left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2066 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-7980XE and Intel Xeon Gold 5215L.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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