Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 16
4 more threads: 36 vs 32

Number of cores	18 vs 16
Number of threads	36 vs 32

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	209.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.642
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6829
PassMark - Single thread mark		2157
PassMark - CPU mark		34280
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3406
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		28945

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Broadwell
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Launch date	Q4'14	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1353	114
Processor Number	E5-2696 v3	E5-2697AV4
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2300 MHz	2.60 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	9.6 GT/s QPI
L1 cache	1.125 MB
L2 cache	4.5 MB
L3 cache	45 MB
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Number of cores	18	16
Number of threads	36	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
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		45mm x 52.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		145 Watt
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® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
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)