Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

3996 points
4% slightly better overall score
3833 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4213 points
7054 points
67% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3900 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
2915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score
2795 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.03 points
133.54 points
3% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
5.1 GHz
54% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
400% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB
2299% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

436th of 1,089
449th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-8533

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Core Ultra 9 288V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 is faster than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 288V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 9 288V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v3. Also, the Core Ultra 9 288V has a significantly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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