Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2

Price

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$ 998.95

$ 197.70

$ 801.25 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5909 points

27% slightly better overall score

4633 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5194 points

14% slightly better gaming score

4548 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6150 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

4652 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6231 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

4653 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.55 points

84% significantly higher Blender score

108.71 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6450 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6355 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

807 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

596 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7020 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3922 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

933 points

99% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

467 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

115 W

4% slightly lower TDP

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

259th of 1,089

377th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs Xeon E5-2695 v2 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2695 v2 is faster than the Xeon E5-2683 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2683 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2695 v2 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2695 v2. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2695 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2683 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-2695 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2695 v2 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2683 v4 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2683 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.