Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 70.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1154 vs 1110
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10797 vs 8595

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	8 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 70.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1154 vs 1110
PassMark - CPU mark	10797 vs 8595

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1154

1110

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10797

8595

Name	Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1154	1110
PassMark - CPU mark	10797	8595
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2216
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		32.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		31.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.42

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	Q1'20	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$356
Place in performance rating	1690	1712
Processor Number	3206R	E5-2609V3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	1.90 GHz
L3 cache	11 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	70.9°C
Maximum frequency	1.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	8	6
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4 1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		51 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)