Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-4627 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 10
  • 18 more threads: 28 vs 10
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1932 vs 1722
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26882 vs 20294
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 10
Number of threads 28 vs 10
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1932 vs 1722
PassMark - CPU mark 26882 vs 20294

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

  • Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 86.4°C vs 76.7°C
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 145 Watt
Maximum core temperature 86.4°C vs 76.7°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 145 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1932
1722
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26882
20294
Name Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1932 1722
PassMark - CPU mark 26882 20294
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 797
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9536

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 Intel Xeon E5-4627 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Haswell
Launch date Q3'14 Q2'15
Place in performance rating 1141 1163
Processor Number E5-2697V3 E5-4627V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.60 GHz 2.60 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 76.7°C 86.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 14 10
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 28 10
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

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

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 4
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 145 Watt 135 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 4S

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
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)