Xeon E5-1660 v4: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E5-1660 v4
2016
8 cores / 16 threads, 140 Watt
8.57

Xeon E5-1660 v4 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 8.57% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-1660 v4 sales 20 June 2016 at a recommended price of $1,113. This is a Broadwell-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 140 Watt and a maximum temperature of 70 °C. It supports DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-1660 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking888
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.76
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency5.79of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,113of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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 cores8 (Octa-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed3.2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 2.0
Bus rate5 GT/s
Multiplier32of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256K (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size246.24 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors3,400 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1660 v4 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)140 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1660 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access-
Demand Based Switching+
PAE46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+

Security technologies

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

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
Identity Protection+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1660 v4's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1.5 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes40of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-1660 v4. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon E5-1660 v4 8.57

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-1660 v4 13614

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-1660 v4 1167

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-1660 v4 6638

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E5-1660 v4's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Opteron 6278 100.93
Xeon W-1250 100.12
Xeon E5-1660 v4 100
Xeon E-2176G 99.88

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E5-1660 v4 is Opteron 6278, which is faster by 1% and higher by 6 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E5-1660 v4:

Opteron 6278 100.93
Xeon E5-1660 v4 100
Opteron 6348 57.64

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