Ultra 9 285 vs Xeon E5-2660 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking785not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.83no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.89no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$1,445no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2824
Base clock speed2 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cache3.5 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cache35 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die size306.18 mm2243 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistors4700 Million17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA20111851
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285. 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 Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR5 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size1,536 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe2 Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4020

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 24
Threads 28 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon E5-2660 v4 has 16.7% more threads, and 19% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 285, on the other hand, has 71.4% more physical cores, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Core Ultra 9 285. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2660 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 9 285 is a desktop one.


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