Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 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

5014 points
6682 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5009 points
6240 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5003 points
6819 points
36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4989 points
6860 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

145.84 points
200.70 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5840 points
7768 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

883 points
1069 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5958 points
8934 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points
1072 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
28
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.6 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
12% slightly lower TDP
135 W

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

346th of 1,089
211th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2016 February

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 E5-2670 v3 vs Xeon E5-2690 v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2670 v3 is faster than the Xeon E5-2690 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2670 v3. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon E5-2670 v3. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2670 v3. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2670 v3. Also, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v4 CPU because of its 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 E5-2670 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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