Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 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

4970 points

24% slightly better overall score

3996 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4831 points

14% slightly better gaming score

4213 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5013 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

3900 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5022 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

3849 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.11 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

129.03 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2679 points

5920 points

120% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

554 points

975 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3070 points

5959 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

661 points

985 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

2.6 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.9 GHz

3.3 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

Identical

105 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

353rd of 1,089

436th 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 February

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Xeon E5-2660 v3 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 beats the Xeon E5-2660 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2660 v3. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 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 E5-2650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.