Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 vs Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 and Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2149 vs 1909
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6803 vs 6511
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2149 vs 1909
PassMark - CPU mark 6803 vs 6511

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1909
2149
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6511
6803
Name Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1909 2149
PassMark - CPU mark 6511 6803
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4062
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 80.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.981

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Haswell
Launch date Q4'15 June 2013
Place in performance rating 1285 1299
Processor Number E3-1240LV5 E3-1285Lv3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $809
Price now $808.02
Value for money (0-100) 3.64

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3 5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 8
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V
Die size 160 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
ECC memory support

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.25 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.25 GHz
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P4700

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 0 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability 1S Only 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Anti-Theft technology
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2