Xeon Bronze 3408U vs E5-1607 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1585	1093
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	27.58
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	2.21	4.56
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$425

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	38	no data
L1 cache	no data	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	10 MB	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	79 °C
Number of transistors	3200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U compatibility with other computer components: 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon Bronze 3408U.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	40	80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.27	6.02
Recency	20 June 2016	10 January 2023
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	8
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	125 Watt

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