Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Xeon E5-1660 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1660 v4 beats the Xeon E5-1660 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-1660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-1660 v3. Also, the Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 E5-1660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.