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Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3: specs and benchmarks
Price now
249$
Games supported
100%
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Year of release
2015
Performance
11.31
Summary
Intel started Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 sales 1 April 2015. This is a Haswell-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 14 cores and 28 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011-3 processor with a TDP of 120 Watt and a maximum temperature of 83 °C. It supports DDR4 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
11.31%
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Xeon E5-4660 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 573 | |
| Value for money | 8.36 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014) | |
| Release date | 1 April 2015 (7 years old) | |
| Current price | $249 | of 16241 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
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 | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 28 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | of 36864 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 35 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 7 7840HS) |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 83 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 83 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 9 7945HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-4660 v3 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 | 4 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | FCLGA2011-3 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 120 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4660 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | - | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | - | |
| PAE | 46 Bit | |
| Instruction Replay | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| 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 E5-4660 v3's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | of 5600 (Ryzen 7 7840HS) |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 4 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68 GB/s | of 284.357 (EPYC 9654) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (EPYC 9654) |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | of 128 (EPYC 7401) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-4660 v3. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Passmark
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: 67%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Xeon E5-4660 v3 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.
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