For this exercise, we are using our legacy Linux-Bench scripts which help us see cross-platform “least common denominator” results we have been using for years as well as several results from our updated Linux-Bench2 scripts. At this point, our benchmarking sessions take days to run and we are generating well over a thousand data points. We are also running workloads for software companies that want to see how their software works on the latest hardware. As a result, this is a small sample of the data we are collecting and can share publicly. Our position is always that we are happy to provide some free data but we also have services to let companies run their own workloads in our lab, such as with our DemoEval service. What we do provide is an extremely controlled environment where we know every step is exactly the same and each run is done in a real-world data center, not a test bench.
We are going to show off a few results, and highlight a number of interesting data points in this article.
Here we wanted to point out a few items. First, the incremental generational performance improvement above the Intel Xeon E3-1240 V6 tends to be more than moving from the Intel Xeon E-2134 to the Intel Xeon E-2174G. We also wanted to point out that if you have a database application, for example, and do not need a Skylake-SP platform’s memory or PCIe connectivity, the Intel Xeon E-2134 offers much greater performance at a lower price point than the Intel Xeon Silver 4112.
Here the higher clock speeds and architectural cache tweaks allow the Intel Xeon E-2134 to outpace the Intel Xeon Silver 4108. This is an example of why clock speed matters and one cannot simply buy a CPU based on core count.
An interesting trend here is that the decompression to compression speed ratio with the Intel Xeon E-2100 series tends to be much closer than with the previous generation Intel Xeon E3-1200 V6 generation or the Skylake-SP CPUs like the Intel Xeon Silver 4110.
Here again, we see result clusters where the quad-core parts like the Intel Xeon E-2134 are grouped. We also see clusters of results with the six core parts like the Intel Xeon E-2146G providing a much higher level of performance.
One of the larger notes is that we see performance somewhat better than the previous generation Intel Xeon E3-1230 V6. The Intel Xeon E-2134 is a generational price level replacement for the Xeon E3-1230 V6 making this especially relevant.
This is a case where the Intel Xeon E-2134 outperforms all of the Intel Xeon E3-1200 V6 CPUs that we tested including the top-end Intel Xeon E3-1280 V6.
Adding hyper-threading means that one gets significantly more performance in the Intel Xeon E-2134 over the Core i3 series. The jump can be as much as twice the CPU cost, but as one can see the results can be worth it as on a system basis the increment is generally under 10-15%.
Sporting high clock speeds but missing dual port AVX-512 execution on the Xeon E-2134 means that the lower clocked Intel Xeon D-2123IT is much faster here.
With lower core counts, one can be extremely successful having high clock speeds. Again, for $35 more or so, the Intel Xeon E-2136 offers similar clock speeds with more performance.
It’s refreshing to see a hardware site honestly say don’t buy this. OK well maybe it’s more don’t buy this unless you can’t spend a few dollars more and only then. At least that’s honest.
So, Whats new ?, Another 4 core CPU, much identical architecture & performance, Wow, Intel is actually reinventing itself.
Seriously, I cannot figure it out. In my area of ​​expertise I have to advice a company owning a large server farm In matters of upgrading hardware.
why would I want to justify purchasing such hardware over the previous hardware? I do not see the technological advancement here.
I’m glad you’re telling the truth, and that this is not just another sympathetic article.