Intel Xeon X7460 vs Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon X7460 and Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 X7460

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 140 Watt
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 66°C vs 64°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • 655360x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Maximum core temperature 66°C vs 64°C
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 10 MB vs 16 MB L2 Cache

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon X7460
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

Name Intel Xeon X7460 Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 922
PassMark - CPU mark 4803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 91.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.254

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon X7460 Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Dunnington Haswell
Launch date Q3'08 8 Sep 2014
Place in performance rating 2244 2225
Processor Number X7460 E5-1607V3
Series Legacy Intel Xeon Processors Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $255
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.66 GHz 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 1066 MHz 0 GT/s
Die size 503 mm2
L3 cache 16 MB L2 Cache 10 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 64°C 66°C
Number of cores 6 4
Transistor count 1900 million
VID voltage range 0.9000V-1.4500V 0.65–1.30V
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 4

Compatibility

Package Size 53.3mm x 53.3mm 52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported PGA604 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 140 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Instruction set extensions Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
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)

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1333/1600/1866

Peripherals

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