Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 vs E5-2686 V3

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General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking465479
Value for moneyno data16.68
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release dateno data20 June 2016 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,846
Current priceno data$48 (0x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3632
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3 GHz
Bus supportno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache45 MB (shared)40 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)83 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million7200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4 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 configuration22
Socket2011-3FCLGA2011-3
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4 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 E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR42133 MHz Quad-channelDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

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 E5-2686 V3 14.40
+3.2%
Xeon E5-2683 v4 13.96

E5-2686 V3 outperforms E5-2683 v4 by 3% 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 E5-2686 V3 18148
+3.1%
Xeon E5-2683 v4 17595

E5-2686 V3 outperforms E5-2683 v4 by 3% in Passmark.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Xeon E5-2686 V3 and Xeon E5-2683 v4. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) no data 207 Mh/s

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.40 13.96
Boost clock speed 3500 2100
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm

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