Xeon Gold 5403N vs E3-1270 v6

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1150not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.48no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency7.38no data
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)no data
Release date28 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$328no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads824
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache8 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)72 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes1648

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 March 2017 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 8 24
Power consumption (TDP) 72 Watt 115 Watt

Xeon E3-1270 v6 has 59.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

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