Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 and Intel Xeon E5-1680 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 Platinum 8168

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8168

16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
32 more threads: 48 vs 16
Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 66.26°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2132 vs 2098
4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 55063 vs 13132

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	24 vs 8
Number of threads	48 vs 16
Maximum core temperature	85°C vs 66.26°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2132 vs 2098
PassMark - CPU mark	55063 vs 13132

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 205 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2132

2098

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

55063

13132

Name	Intel Xeon Platinum 8168	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2132	2098
PassMark - CPU mark	55063	13132
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		930
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7251

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Platinum 8168	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'17	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	404	1176
Processor Number	8168	E5-1680V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.70 GHz	3.20 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	85°C	66.26°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	24	8
Number of threads	48	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
Bus Speed		0 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		0
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth		68 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	140 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	S8S	1S Only
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		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)