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Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 (Broadwell-EP)

Intel · Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 (Broadwell-EP)

Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 (Broadwell-EP) processor reference with normalized architecture, compute, clocks, cache, memory, PCIe, power, and platform specifications.

Cores / threads: 20 / 40
Max boost: 3.60 GHz
Socket: LGA2011-3
Default TDP: 135 W

Benchmark

Measured performance reference

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Technical data

Specifications

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Overview

Manufacturer	Intel
Launch date	2016-03-31
Market segment	server

Architecture

Architecture	Broadwell-EP
CPU process	Intel 14nm

Compute

Cores	20
Threads	40

Clocks

Base clock	2.20 GHz
Maximum boost clock	3.60 GHz

Cache

L3 cache	50 MB

Memory

Memory support	DDR4-2400 quad-channel ECC

Power

Default TDP	135 W

Platform

Socket	LGA2011-3

Sources

Specification provenance

No public source record is available.

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