Intel Xeon D-1622 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-1622 and Intel Xeon E5-1660 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.

Intel Xeon D-1622

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1622

Around 26% higher maximum core temperature: 83 vs 65.9°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 140 Watt

Maximum core temperature	83 vs 65.9°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1973 vs 1875
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12485 vs 6205

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1973 vs 1875
PassMark - CPU mark	12485 vs 6205

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-1622
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1875

1973

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6205

12485

Name	Intel Xeon D-1622	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1875	1973
PassMark - CPU mark	6205	12485
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7564

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon D-1622	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Hewitt Lake	Haswell
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$170
Place in performance rating	1219	1216
Processor Number	D-1622	E5-1660V3
Series	Intel Xeon D Processor	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	3.00 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	83	65.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of QPI Links	0	0
Number of threads	8	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	0
Bus Speed		0 GT/s QPI
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	40
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	6
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only	1S Only
Total number of SATA ports	6
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel AVX2	Intel® AVX2
Integrated Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® ME Firmware Version	SPS 3.0
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Quiet System
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)