Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

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$ 255.59

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$ 9947.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5860 points

6031 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4866 points

6083 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6204 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

5984 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6340 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

5939 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.94 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

185.69 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7404 points

7665 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1086 points

1092 points

0.55% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.00 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W

10% slightly lower TDP

160 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

263rd of 1,089

249th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Xeon E5-2687W v4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 is faster than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v3 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon E5-2687W v4. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2687W v4. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2697 v3 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W 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 E5-2697 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.