Intel Xeon E3-1578L v5: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon E3-1578L v5 sales 31 May 2016 at a recommended price of $449. This is a Skylake-H architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA 1440 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports LPDDR3-1866 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E3-1578L v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E3
Architecture codename	Skylake-H (2015−2016)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8
Base clock speed	2 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus type	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	20	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	171 mm2
Number of transistors	2,300 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1578L v5 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	Intel BGA 1440
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
TSX	+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1578L v5's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	64 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E3-1578L v5.

Integrated graphics card

Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	16	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E3-1578L v5. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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