Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R vs Intel Xeon W3580

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and Intel Xeon W3580 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), 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).

Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

Intel Xeon W3580

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 67.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 38% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
42.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 24 GB
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 130 Watt
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11450 vs 3638

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache	11 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 24 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	11450 vs 3638

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3580

Around 89% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 1.90 GHz
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1556 vs 1151

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 1.90 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1556 vs 1151

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3580

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1151

1556

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11450

3638

Name	Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R	Intel Xeon W3580
PassMark - Single thread mark	1151	1556
PassMark - CPU mark	11450	3638
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2764
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9280
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		57.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.116

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R	Intel Xeon W3580
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Bloomfield
Launch date	Q1'20	August 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$356	$215
Place in performance rating	1817	1840
Processor Number	3206R	W3580
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$214.50
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		8.83
Performance
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	3.33 GHz
L3 cache	11 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	67.9°C
Maximum frequency	1.90 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of threads	8	8
64 bit support
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		263 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		731 million
VID voltage range		0.800V-1.375V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	24 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		32 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2
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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-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)