Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2697A 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 145 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 12
  • 8 more threads: 32 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Number of cores 16 vs 12
Number of threads 32 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Name Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7451
PassMark - Single thread mark 2156
PassMark - CPU mark 34438
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3406
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 28945

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell-EP Broadwell
Family Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Place in performance rating 1294 113
Processor Number E5-2678 v3 E5-2697AV4
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 2.60 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 16
Number of threads 24 32
Maximum core temperature 78°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 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 145 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)