Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs E5-2680V4

older Released July, 2014

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

2.5 GHz
Duodeca core

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5.5 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Much better performance per watt

12.05 pt/W

Much better performance per dollar

1 pt/$

Based on the Ivy Bridge architecture, they replaced the original Xeon E7s, developed from Sandy Bridge, that were released in April 2011.

by Scott-Michaud (Oct, 2014)

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Intel E5-2680V4

2.4 GHz
Single core

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5.3 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the E5-2680V4

	Significantly newer manufacturing process 14 nm		More l3 cache 35 MB
	Supports more RAM 1,572,864 MB		More cores 14

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon E5-2680 v3 8.3 E5-2680V4 7.5 Xeon E5 2680 v2 5.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon E5-2680 v3 8.1 E5-2680V4 6.9 Xeon E5 2680 v2 7.3
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon E5-2680 v3 0.0 E5-2680V4 0.0 Xeon E5 2680 v2 0.0
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon E5-2680 v3 0.0 E5-2680V4 0.0 Xeon E5 2680 v2 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon E5-2680 v3 5.0 E5-2680V4 5.0 Xeon E5 2680 v2 5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon E5-2680 v3 5.0 E5-2680V4 5.0 Xeon E5 2680 v2 5.1
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Xeon E5-2680 v3 5.5 E5-2680V4 5.3 Xeon E5 2680 v2 5.2

Winner
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 based on its single-core performance and value.

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Much better performance per watt

12.05 pt/W

vs

2.89 pt/W

Around 4.2x better performance per watt

Much better performance per dollar

1 pt/$

vs

0.22 pt/$

Around 4.5x better performance per dollar

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Significantly newer manufacturing process

14 nm

vs

22 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

More l3 cache

35 MB

vs

30 MB

More than 15% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

Supports more RAM

1,572,864 MB

vs

786,432 MB

Supports 2x more RAM

More cores

14

vs

12

2 more cores; run more applications at once

More threads

28

vs

24

4 more threads

Newer

Jan, 2016

vs

Jul, 2014

Release date over 1 years later

Better overclocked clock speed (Air)

2.82 GHz

vs

2.57 GHz

Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E5-2680 v3

52,486

17,418

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E5-2680 v3

3,026

2,689

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E5-2680 v3

2,640,000 MB/s

3,370 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon E5-2680 v3

18,779

19,922

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon E5-2680 v3

1,869

1,774

summary	Xeon E5-2680 v3	vs	E5-2680V4
Clock speed	2.5 GHz		2.4 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.3 GHz		3.3 GHz
Cores	Duodeca core		Single core
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
AES
AVX
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	120W		120W
Annual home energy cost	28.91 $/year		28.91 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	105.12 $/year		105.12 $/year
Performance per watt	12.05 pt/W		2.89 pt/W
Typical power consumption	97.5W		97.5W
bus
Architecture	QPI		QPI
Number of links	2		2
Data rate	76,800 MB/s		76,800 MB/s
Transfer rate	9,600 MT/s		9,600 MT/s
Clock speed	4,800 MHz		4,800 MHz

details	Xeon E5-2680 v3	vs	E5-2680V4
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	24		28
L3 cache	30 MB		35 MB
L3 cache per core	2.5 MB/core		2.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm		14 nm
Max CPUs	2		2
Operating temperature	Unknown - 84.5°C		Unknown - 86°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.57 GHz		2.82 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.5 GHz		2.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.57 GHz		2.82 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	None		None
Label	N/A		N/A
Latest DirectX	N/A		N/A
Number of displays supported	N/A		N/A
GPU clock speed	N/A		N/A
Turbo clock speed	N/A		N/A
3DMark06	N/A		N/A
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Channels	Quad Channel		Quad Channel
Supports ECC	Yes		Yes
Maximum memory size	786,432 MB		1,572,864 MB

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