Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 vs Intel Xeon E3 1290

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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Intel Xeon E3-1290

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 with 8 cores 3GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 +75%

1458

Intel Xeon E3 1290

833

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 +210%

8915

Intel Xeon E3 1290

2870

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3

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Intel Xeon E3 1290

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

May 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30.0

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

16

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