Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs E5-2673 v4

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-2673 v4
13.48
+10.6%

E5-2673 v4 outperforms E5-2697 v3 by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking486558
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money21.0234.12
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Haswell-EP (2014)
Release date20 June 2016 (7 years old)8 September 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$255 $69
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2697 v3 has 62% better value for money than Xeon E5-2673 v4.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads4028
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus support2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache5 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache50 MB35 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size456.12 mm2356 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data77 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data77 °C
Number of transistors7200 Million5,560 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3 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)2
Socketno dataFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size1,536 GB768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E5-2697 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4040

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 E5-2673 v4 13.48
+10.6%
Xeon E5-2697 v3 12.19

E5-2673 v4 outperforms E5-2697 v3 by 11% 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 E5-2673 v4 20709
+10.6%
Xeon E5-2697 v3 18725

E5-2673 v4 outperforms E5-2697 v3 by 11% 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 E5-2673 v4 974
Xeon E5-2697 v3 1071
+10%

E5-2697 v3 outperforms E5-2673 v4 by 10% 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 E5-2673 v4 7562
+2.2%
Xeon E5-2697 v3 7396

E5-2673 v4 outperforms E5-2697 v3 by 2% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 13.48 12.19
Recency 20 June 2016 8 September 2014
Physical cores 20 14
Threads 40 28
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 145 Watt

The Xeon E5-2673 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2697 v3 in performance tests.


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