Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
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Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4. Specifications

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Released
Q1/2020
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
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Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R or Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R has a base frequency of 1.90 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 85 W. Released in Q1/2020.

Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz. 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 145 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    85 W left arrow 145 W
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 37% better clock speed

    2.60 GHz left arrow 1.90 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    16 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    410 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    92 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    94 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    33 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    174 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    43 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    113 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Bronze 3200 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Bronze left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    No left arrow Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    No left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    1.9 GHz left arrow 2.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.8 GHz
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
    - left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow No
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    1024 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 4
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • PCIe
    3.0 x 48 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 40
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    85 W left arrow 145 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    No left arrow -
  • TDP down
    No left arrow -
  • TDP up
    No left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Broadwell E
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    No left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    11 MB left arrow 40 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q1/2016
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

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