Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2699 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4

  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 76.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 145 Watt
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 76.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 145 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
  • 4 more threads: 36 vs 32
  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1962 vs 1755
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34022 vs 28272
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 16
Number of threads 36 vs 32
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1962 vs 1755
PassMark - CPU mark 34022 vs 28272

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1755
1962
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
28272
34022
Name Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1755 1962
PassMark - CPU mark 28272 34022
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3194
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 28493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.156

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Haswell
Launch date Q1'16 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 830 836
Processor Number E5-2683V4 E5-2699V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Announced
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.30 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 76.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 16 18
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 32 36
VID voltage range 0 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm 52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 145 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S 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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit 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)