Xeon Platinum 8256 vs Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 with 8 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 140W)

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16.5MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

1339

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 +8%

1458

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

5871

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 +51%

8915

Xeon Platinum 8256

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Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Sep 2014

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

140 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

30.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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