Intel’s next generation Broadwell-EP family of Xeon processors that will power the enterprise market is headed for launch in Q1 2016. The Broadwell-EP family will include the latest Xeon E5-2600 V4 processors, that will be aimed at the server and workstation market (Efficient Performance 2S/Performance), remaining compatible on the current generation Grantley-EP platform. The details regarding the Broadwell-EP SKUs have been leaked by Chinese forums which show the top-to-bottom Xeon V4 lineup.
The leaked information consists of details about 12 upcoming, Xeon E5-2600 V4 processors (branded under the Broadwell-EP family). These include the flagship Xeon E5-2699 V4 processor which packs insane specs and offer up to 22 cores to users who demand that kind of performance for the respective workloads in the workstation market. The list of these processors can be found below (Do note that there could be more SKUs in the line up that we don’t know about but the ones listed below are confirmed):
The top brass in the Broadwell-EP family consists of the Xeon E5-2699 V4 and the Xeon E5-2698 V4 processors which feature improved specifications over their predecessors in terms of core count. First up, we are looking at the flagship offering in the family known as the Xeon E5-2699 V4 which features the highest core count Intel has offered to date. With 22 cores and a multi-threaded design offering 44 threads, the chip packs insane CPU performance. With 2.5 MB cache scattered across each core, the die packs 55 MB L3 cache and is clocked at a range of 2.2 GHz base clock and up to 3.6 GHz boost clock. The entire chip has a TDP of 145W with workstation offerings of the chip going up to 160W.
The Xeon E5-2698 V4 processor features a core clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 3.5 GHz across 20 cores which are hyper-threaded down to 40 threads. The CPU block is partitioned into several cache blocks with each core housing 2.5 MB L3 cache which equals a total of 50 MB L3 cache on this processor. The maximum core clock is suggested around 3.5 GHz (boost) while the chip has a TDP range of 135W. Compared to the E5-2698 V3 which had 16 cores, 32 threads, 40 MB L3 cache and a core clock ranging from 2.3 GHz to 3.6 GHz, the V4 is an incremental increase since it’s also based on an improved 14 nm process node. Both processors will be able to support DDR4 (Quad Channel) memory with speeds of (up to) 2400 MHz. Details for the remaining chips are not fully disclosed but some bits and pieces are known which can be seen in the table posted below.
SKU Name | Cores/Threads | Base Clock | L3 Cache (LLC) | TDP | Price |
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Intel Xeon E5-2699 V4 | 22/44 | 2.2 GHz | 55 MB | 145W | $4115 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2698 V4 | 20/40 | 2.2 GHz | 50 MB | 135W | $3228 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2697A V4 | 16/32 | 2.6 GHz | 40 MB | 145W | $2891 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2697 V4 | 18/36 | 2.3 GHz | 45 MB | 145W | $2702 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2695 V4 | 18/36 | 2.1 GHz | 45 MB | 120W | $2424 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2696 V4 | 22/44 | 2.1 GHz | 55 MB | 150W | $2321 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2690 V4 | 14/28 | 2.6 GHz | 35 MB | 135W | $2090 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2687W V4 | 12/24 | 3.0 GHz | 30 MB | 160W | $2141 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2683 V4 | 16/32 | 2.1 GHz | 40 MB | 120W | $1846 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2680 V4 | 14/28 | 2.4 GHz | 35 MB | 120W | $1745 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2667 V4 | 8/16 | 3.2 GHz | 35 MB | 135W | $2057 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2660 V4 | 14/28 | 2.0 GHz | 35 MB | 105W | $1445 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2650L V4 | 14/28 | 1.7 GHz | 35 MB | 65W | $1329 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2650 V4 | 12/24 | 2.2 GHz | 30 MB | 105W | $1166 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2643 V4 | 6/12 | 3.4 GHz | 10 MB | 135W | $1552 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 | 10/20 | 2.4 GHz | 25 MB | 90W | $939 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 | 4/8 | 3.5 GHz | 5 MB | 135W | $996 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 | 10/20 | 2.2 GHz | 25 MB | 85W | $667 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4 | 10/20 | 1.8 GHz | 25 MB | 55W | $612 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2623 V4 | 4/8 | 2.6 GHz | 5 MB | 85W | $444 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 | 8/16 | 2.1 GHz | 20 MB | 85W | $417 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2609 V4 | 8/8 | 1.7 GHz | 20 MB | 85W | $306 US |
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 | 6/6 | 1.7 GHz | 10 MB | 85W | $213 US |
The Grantley and Brickland platform which will support the new Broadwell-EP and EX chip models (respectively) has already spanned the market for three generations. These include Ivy Bridge EP/EX V2, Haswell-EP/EX V3 and the latest Broadwell-EP/EX V4 processors. Broadwell-EP/EX V4 processors will be the last processors to arrive as Intel phases out their current platform and move to the new Purely Platform for Skylake and Cannonlake processors. The new Broadwell-EP/EX series will have a launch schedule as detailed below: