Intel Xeon E3-1505L v6 vs E5-1607 v4

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-1607 v4
3.38

E3-1505L v6 outperforms E5-1607 v4 by 17% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking14531329
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.874.47
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon E3
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years old)3 January 2017 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$433
Current price$110 $227 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E3-1505L v6 has 16% better value for money than Xeon E5-1607 v4.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus support5 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache10 MB8 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011-3no data
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size1.5 TB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics P630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1607 v4 and Xeon E3-1505L v6.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-1607 v4 3.38
Xeon E3-1505L v6 3.96
+17.2%

E3-1505L v6 outperforms E5-1607 v4 by 17% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5-1607 v4 5187
Xeon E3-1505L v6 6088
+17.4%

E3-1505L v6 outperforms E5-1607 v4 by 17% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-1607 v4 1031
+40.8%
Xeon E3-1505L v6 732

E5-1607 v4 outperforms E3-1505L v6 by 41% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5-1607 v4 3083
+18%
Xeon E3-1505L v6 2613

E5-1607 v4 outperforms E3-1505L v6 by 18% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.38 3.96
Recency 20 June 2016 3 January 2017
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 25 Watt

The Xeon E3-1505L v6 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-1607 v4 in performance tests.


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