Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 12
12 more threads: 36 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm

Number of cores	18 vs 12
Number of threads	36 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7451
PassMark - Single thread mark		1867
PassMark - CPU mark		34936
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3294
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		29615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		52.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		403.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		16.165
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		162.162

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Broadwell
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Place in performance rating	867	115
Processor Number	E5-2678 v3	E5-2695V4
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q1'16
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2500 MHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	9.6 GT/s QPI
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	3 MB
L3 cache	30 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Number of cores	12	18
Number of threads	24	36
Maximum core temperature		84°C
Maximum frequency		3.30 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
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
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		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)