Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3 and Intel Xeon E5-4660 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3

Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3

Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 93 vs 82.5°C
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 120 Watt

Maximum core temperature	93 vs 82.5°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
12 more threads: 28 vs 16
2x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 384 GB

Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 16
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 384 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3	Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark		1558
PassMark - CPU mark		14256

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2428L v3	Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Haswell
Launch date	Q1'15	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	not rated	1270
Processor Number	E5-2428LV3	E5-4660V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	93	82.5°C
Number of cores	8	14
Number of QPI Links	1	2
Number of threads	16	28
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Maximum frequency		2.90 GHz
Memory
Max memory channels	3	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Package Size	42.5mmx45mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	120 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	24	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S	4S
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® AVX	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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)