Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 vs Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 and Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • 24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9377 vs 6803
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9377 vs 6803

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2149 vs 1817
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2149 vs 1817

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1817
2149
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9377
6803
Name Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1817 2149
PassMark - CPU mark 9377 6803
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4062
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 80.062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.365
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.981

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4655 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Haswell
Launch date Q2'15 June 2013
Place in performance rating 1293 1299
Processor Number E5-4655V3 E3-1285Lv3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $809
Price now $808.02
Value for money (0-100) 3.64

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.90 GHz 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 84.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of QPI Links 2 0
Number of threads 12 8
Die size 160 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability 4S 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Anti-Theft technology
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

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

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.25 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P4700

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2