Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-1650 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, 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).

Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 6
24 more threads: 36 vs 12
Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 87.6°C vs 66.7°C
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 140 Watt
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31474 vs 10422

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 6
Number of threads	36 vs 12
Maximum core temperature	87.6°C vs 66.7°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	31474 vs 10422

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2124 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2124 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1626

2124

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

31474

10422

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1626	2124
PassMark - CPU mark	31474	10422
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		914
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		31.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		249.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		95.407

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4669 v3	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'15	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	944	955
Processor Number	E5-4669V3	E5-1650V3
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	3.50 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.6°C	66.7°C
Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	18	6
Number of QPI Links	2	0
Number of threads	36	12
VID voltage range		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	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 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	4S	1S Only
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)