Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 vs Intel Xeon W3530

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon W3530 with 4 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 130W)

Intel Xeon W3530 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 +113%

1010

Intel Xeon W3530

474

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3 +222%

5554

Intel Xeon W3530

1722

Intel Xeon E5 2685 v3

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Intel Xeon W3530

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Bloomfield

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon (Bloomfield)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

0.731 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

120 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

263 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FC-LGA8

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.066 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

21.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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