Xeon E3-1280 v5 vs Gold 6146

Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6146
2017
12 cores / 24 threads, 165 Watt
15.22
+177%

Xeon Gold 6146 outperforms Xeon E3-1280 v5 by a whopping 177% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4801170
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.811.83
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon E3
Power efficiency8.416.26
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Skylake-S (2015)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,286$612

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6146 has 108% better value for money than Xeon E3-1280 v5.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3237
L1 cache768 KB256 KB
L2 cache12 MB1 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data122 mm2
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no dataN/A
Max resolution over eDPno dataN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortno dataN/A
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon E3-1280 v5.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4816

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 Gold 6146 15.22
+177%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 5.49

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 Gold 6146 23296
+177%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 8407

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.

Xeon Gold 6146 1189
Xeon E3-1280 v5 1297
+9.1%

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.

Xeon Gold 6146 8774
+98.1%
Xeon E3-1280 v5 4430

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.22 5.49
Recency 11 July 2017 19 October 2015
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 24 8
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon Gold 6146 has a 177.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Xeon E3-1280 v5, on the other hand, has 106.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Gold 6146 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1280 v5 in performance tests.


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