Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5 2660

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Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2660

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 with 18 cores 2.3GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2660 with 8 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2660 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 145W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 +21%

976

Intel Xeon E5 2660

805

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 +103%

8501

Intel Xeon E5 2660

4173

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3

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Intel Xeon E5 2660

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

5.69 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

145 W

Power Consumption

95 W

77 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

622 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

18

Total Core Count

8

36

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

45 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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