Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2695 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).

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2695 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
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35128 vs 34209

Specifications (specs)
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	35128 vs 34209

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1957 vs 1907

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1957 vs 1907

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1907

1957

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

35128

34209

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1907	1957
PassMark - CPU mark	35128	34209
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 E5-2695 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Haswell
Launch date	Q1'16	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	110	732
Processor Number	E5-2695V4	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	3.30 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	18	18
Number of QPI Links	2	2
Number of threads	36	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)