Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2 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 E5-4657L v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

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

Number of cores	18 vs 12
Number of threads	36 vs 24

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2

Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2
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		1291
PassMark - CPU mark		21548

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3	Intel Xeon E5-4657L v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP	Ivy Bridge EP
Family	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Launch date	Q4'14	Q1'14
Place in performance rating	1403	1397
Processor Number	E5-2696 v3	E5-4657LV2
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2300 MHz	2.40 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 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	12
Number of threads	36	24
Maximum core temperature		81°C
Maximum frequency		2.90 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65-1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	4
Sockets supported	LGA2011-3 (R3)	FCLGA2011
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5 mm x 51 mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		4S Only
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® AVX
Intel® Demand Based Switching
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)