November 25, 2025article
Why Xeon E5-2697 v4 Can Deliver Better Performance Than Xeon Platinum 8160
In Intel’s technical documentation and marketing materials, the Xeon Platinum line appears to be an obvious upgrade over Broadwell-EP processors. More cores, a new interconnect, AVX-512, higher memory bandwidth — everything suggests that Xeon Platinum 8160 should be faster. But in practice, we often see the opposite: older **2× Xeon E5-2697 v4** outperform **2× Xeon Platinum 8160** in several real-world workloads. In this article, we’ll break down why this happens and which scenarios favor the older platform.
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