Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2670 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 E5-4660 v3

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
  • 4 more threads: 28 vs 24
Number of cores 14 vs 12
Number of threads 28 vs 24
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 84.5°C vs 82.5°C
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1705 vs 1558
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22313 vs 14256
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature 84.5°C vs 82.5°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1705 vs 1558
PassMark - CPU mark 22313 vs 14256

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1558
1705
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14256
22313
Name Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1558 1705
PassMark - CPU mark 14256 22313
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 705
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7047

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Haswell
Launch date Q2'15 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1363 1371
Processor Number E5-4660V3 E5-2670V3
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 2.10 GHz 2.30 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 82.5°C 84.5°C
Maximum frequency 2.90 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 14 12
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 28 24
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 DDR4 1600/1866/2133

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 120 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 4S 2S

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 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 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
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)