Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 vs Intel Xeon w3 2423
We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 with 18 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon w3 2423 with 6 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 's Advantages
Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 15MB)
Intel Xeon w3 2423 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 22nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3
1033
Intel Xeon w3 2423
+79%
1852
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3
+10%
8649
Intel Xeon w3 2423
7802
General Parameters
Sep 2014
Release Date
Feb 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Haswell-EP
Core Architecture
Sapphire Rapids
Intel Socket 2011-3
Socket
Intel Socket 4677
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Generation
Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)
Package
2.6 billions
Transistor Count
-
22 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
120 W
Power Consumption
120 W
83 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
64 °C
Intel
Foundry
Intel
356 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
18
Total Core Count
6
36
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
20.0
Multiplier
21.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
45 MB shared
L3 Cache
15 MB
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
1
-
AVX-512 FMA Ports
2
Memory Parameters
DDR3,DDR4-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-4400
-
Max Memory Size
2 TB
4
Max Memory Channels
4
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
3
PCIe Version
5
40
PCIe Lanes
64
