Xeon E3-1270L v4 vs Platinum 8176
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Platinum 8176 outperforms Xeon E3-1270L v4 by a whopping 202% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 639 | 1490 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.31 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Platinum | no data |
| Power efficiency | 8.54 | 10.36 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Broadwell-DT (2015) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 2 June 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $8,719 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L 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 cores | 28 (Octacosa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 56 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.75 MB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 28 MB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 38.5 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 182 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 89 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L 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 configuration | 8 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | 1150 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| eDRAM | no data | 128 MB |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| FDI | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L v4 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3L-1866 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | 29.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon E3-1270L v4.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.15 | 4.35 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 2 June 2015 |
| Physical cores | 28 | 4 |
| Threads | 56 | 8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 45 Watt |
Xeon Platinum 8176 has a 202.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 600% more physical cores and 600% more threads.
Xeon E3-1270L v4, on the other hand, has 266.7% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E3-1270L v4 in performance tests.
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