Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 vs Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5

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Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 with 18 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5 with 4 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (45W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

1033

Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5 +37%

1423

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 +82%

8649

Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5

4745

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

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Intel Xeon E3 1260L v5

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Oct 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Skylake-DT

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

120 W

Power Consumption

45 W

83 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

122 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FC-LGA14C

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

18

Total Core Count

4

36

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

45 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR3,

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

16

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