Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 vs Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

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Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 with 4 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 with 12 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 120W)

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5 +42%

1348

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

945

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5

4533

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 +64%

7467

Blender

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5

75

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 +140%

180

Intel Xeon E3 1280 v5

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Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

General Parameters

Oct 2015

Release Date

Jan 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Skylake-DT

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

122 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-2133

2

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

16

PCIe Lanes

40

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