Intel Xeon E5-2673 V3 vs E5-4660 v3

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Combined performance score

Xeon E5-4660 v3
9.28

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking741738
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money18.56no data
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014)Haswell-EP (2014)
Release date1 June 2015 (8 years old)8 September 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$118 $40
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads2824
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache35 MB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size356 mm2356 mm2
Maximum core temperature83 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)83 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 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 configuration42
SocketFCLGA20112011-3
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access-no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Instruction Replay-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 V3 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 E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 V3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR42133 MHz Quad-channel
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 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 E5-4660 v3 9.28
Xeon E5-2673 V3 9.31
+0.3%

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 E5-4660 v3 14256
Xeon E5-2673 V3 14302
+0.3%

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.28 9.31
Recency 1 June 2015 8 September 2014
Physical cores 14 12
Threads 28 24
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 105 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Xeon E5-2673 V3. The differences in performance seem too small.


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