Celeron G3900E vs Xeon E5-2680 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2680 v4
2016
14 cores / 28 threads, 120 Watt
11.12
+769%
Celeron G3900E
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
1.28

Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms Celeron G3900E by a whopping 769% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7052291
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.980.18
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)Intel Celeron
Power efficiency8.773.46
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)2 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 1556% better value for money than Celeron G3900E.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads282
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2424
L1 cache448 KB128 KB
L2 cache3.5 MB512 KB
L3 cache35 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size306.18 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistors4700 Million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
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 E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size1.5 TB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E.

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 E5-2680 v4 11.12
+769%
Celeron G3900E 1.28

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.

Xeon E5-2680 v4 17664
+768%
Celeron G3900E 2034

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.12 1.28
Recency 20 June 2016 2 January 2016
Physical cores 14 2
Threads 28 2
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a 768.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and 600% more physical cores and 1300% more threads.

Celeron G3900E, on the other hand, has 242.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2680 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G3900E in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2680 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron G3900E is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron G3900E, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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