Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-1660 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 76.4°C vs 65.9°C
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34209 vs 12485

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 8
Number of threads	36 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	76.4°C vs 65.9°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	34209 vs 12485

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 145 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1973 vs 1957

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 145 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1973 vs 1957

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1957

1973

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34209

12485

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1957	1973
PassMark - CPU mark	34209	12485
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7564

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'14	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	732	1216
Processor Number	E5-2699V3	E5-1660V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Announced	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	3.00 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	76.4°C	65.9°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	18	8
Number of QPI Links	2	0
Number of threads	36	16
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V	0.65–1.30V
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 1333/1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt	140 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	1S Only
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)