Xeon E5 1680 v4: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 9.16% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon E5 1680 v4 sales 20 June 2016 at a recommended price of $1,723. This is a Broadwell-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 140 Watt and a maximum temperature of 70 °C. It supports DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 memory.
General info
Xeon E5 1680 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 762 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 1.19 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell-EP (2016) | |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (7 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,723 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $2100 (1.2x MSRP) | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus support | 5 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 20 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 70 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 3,400 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5 1680 v4 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5 1680 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | - | |
| Demand Based Switching | + | |
| PAE | 46 Bit | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| Identity Protection | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5 1680 v4's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 | |
| Maximum memory size | 1.5 TB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 4 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5 1680 v4. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
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