Xeon X3460 vs E5-1660 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	876	1978
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.69	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	5.80	1.86
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)	no data
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,113	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	8
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.46 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	73 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460 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	FCLGA1156,LGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	46 Bit	36 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	32 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	21 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Xeon X3460.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	16

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	8.58	1.87
Recency	20 June 2016	1 July 2009
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	95 Watt

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