Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 vs Intel Xeon L5506

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Intel Xeon L5506 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 144 GB
Launch date 8 Sep 2014 vs March 2009
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 10 MB vs 4096 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 144 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5506

  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 66°C
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum core temperature 70°C vs 66°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5506

Name Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 Intel Xeon L5506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 91.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.254
PassMark - Single thread mark 967
PassMark - CPU mark 4019

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 Intel Xeon L5506

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Nehalem EP
Launch date 8 Sep 2014 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $255 $125
Place in performance rating 2225 2234
Processor Number E5-1607V3 L5506
Series Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $224
Value for money (0-100) 4.88

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.10 GHz 2.13 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s 4.8 GT/s QPI
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 10 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 66°C 70°C
Number of cores 4 4
Number of QPI Links 0 2
Number of threads 4 4
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V 0.75V -1.35V
Die size 263 mm
Maximum frequency 2.13 GHz
Transistor count 731 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 59 GB/s 19.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 144 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1333/1600/1866 DDR3 800
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm 42.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 60 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit 40-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)