Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-1680 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 66.26°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2204 vs 2097
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13614 vs 13090
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 70°C vs 66.26°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2204 vs 2097
PassMark - CPU mark 13614 vs 13090

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 930 vs 888
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7251 vs 6851
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 930 vs 888
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7251 vs 6851

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2204
2097
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13614
13090
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
888
930
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6851
7251
Name Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2204 2097
PassMark - CPU mark 13614 13090
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 888 930
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6851 7251

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Haswell
Launch date Q2'16 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1249 1254
Processor Number E5-1660V4 E5-1680V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.20 GHz 3.20 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI 0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 70°C 66.26°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of QPI Links 0 0
Number of threads 16 16
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

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

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only 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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit 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)