Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 6
24 more threads: 36 vs 12

Number of cores	18 vs 6
Number of threads	36 vs 12

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3

Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3
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	6767
PassMark - Single thread mark		1817
PassMark - CPU mark		9377

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Haswell
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Launch date	Q4'14	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	1304	1312
Processor Number	E5-2696 v3	E5-4655V3
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2300 MHz	2.90 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	22 nm
Number of cores	18	6
Number of threads	36	12
Maximum core temperature		84.4°C
Maximum frequency		3.20 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		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA2011-3
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		135 Watt
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® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)