Xeon E3-1578L v5 vs E5-2680 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking704not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.98no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon E3
Power efficiency8.76no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Skylake-H (2015−2016)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads288
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2420
L1 cache448 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3.5 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache35 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size306.18 mm2171 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistors4700 Million2,300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011Intel BGA 1440
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size1.5 TB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4016

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 4
Threads 28 8
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

Xeon E3-1578L v5, on the other hand, has 166.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E3-1578L v5. We've got no test results to judge.


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