Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4288 points
5940 points
38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6056 points
14% slightly better gaming score
5278 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3725 points
6174 points
65% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3606 points
6288 points
74% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.25 points
163.08 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5425 points
6648 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
941 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5449 points
6340 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1187 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
996 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
120 W
16% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
Identical
40

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

410th of 1,089
254th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Xeon E5-2680 v3 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2680 v3 is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2680 v3. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2680 v3 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1650 v4 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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