Intel Xeon E5-4603 vs W3565

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Combined performance score

Xeon W3565
2.19

E5-4603 outperforms W3565 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking17201712
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.660.14
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release dateNovember 2009 (14 years old)14 May 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$70$712
Current price$38 (0.5x MSRP)$708 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W3565 has 3943% better value for money than Xeon E5-4603.

Technical specs

Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)10240 KB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size263 mm2294 mm2
Number of transistors731 million1,270 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603 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 configuration14
SocketFCLGA1366FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switching++
PAE36 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Identity Protectionno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size24 GB384 GB
Max memory channels34
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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 W3565 2.19
Xeon E5-4603 2.21
+0.9%

E5-4603 outperforms W3565 by 1% 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 W3565 3364
Xeon E5-4603 3391
+0.8%

E5-4603 outperforms W3565 by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.19 2.21
Cost $70 $712
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 95 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3565 and Xeon E5-4603. The differences in performance seem too small.


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