Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-4669 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 135 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 135 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 12
20 more threads: 44 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm

Number of cores	22 vs 12
Number of threads	44 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7451
PassMark - Single thread mark		1713
PassMark - CPU mark		39177

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Broadwell
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Place in performance rating	888	884
Processor Number	E5-2678 v3	E5-4669V4
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch date		Q2'16
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2500 MHz	2.20 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	22
Number of threads	24	44
Maximum core temperature		90
Maximum frequency		3.00 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	135 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		4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
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)