Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
16 more threads: 24 vs 8

Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 120 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7451
PassMark - Single thread mark		2073
PassMark - CPU mark		6954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		29.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		442.578
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.686

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Broadwell
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Place in performance rating	1295	440
Processor Number	E5-2678 v3	E3-1265LV4
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q2'15
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2500 MHz	2.30 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Number of cores	12	4
Number of threads	24	8
Maximum frequency		3.30 GHz
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600/1866 at 1.5V
Maximum memory bandwidth		29.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013B
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
eDRAM		128 MB
Execution Units		48
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3