Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs Xeon Gold 6128 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 performs better than the Xeon Gold 6128. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6128 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6128 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6128. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6128 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Also, the Xeon Gold 6128 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6128 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 v4 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.