Xeon E7 2820 vs Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

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Intel Xeon E7-2820

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E7 2820 with 8 cores 2GHz 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

Xeon E7 2820 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 120W)

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1333)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Score

Xeon E7 2820

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Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Jan 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

513 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

2.266 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

24

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

18 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-2133

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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