Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Intel Xeon E5-2689 on one side and the Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 on the other side, also their respective performances with the benchmarks. The first is dedicated to the server sector, It has 8 cores, 16 threads, a maximum frequency of 3.6GHz. The second is used on the server segment, it has a total of 12 cores, 24 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 3.1 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors [if indicated], the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench and Cinebench.
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Specification comparison:
Processor Intel Xeon E5-2689 Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3Market [main]Server ServerISAx86-64 [64 bit] x86-64 [64 bit]MicroarchitectureSandy Bridge HaswellCore nameSandy Bridge-EP Haswell-EPFamilyXeon E5-2600 Xeon E5-2600 v3Part number[s], S-Spec
CM8062101163000, SR0HD, SR0L6
CM8064401967500, SR20Z
Release dateQ1 2012 Q2 2015Lithography32 nm 22 nmTransistors2,270,000,000 3,840,000,000Cores8 12Threads16 24Base frequency2.6 GHz 2.5 GHzTurbo frequency3.6 GHz 3.1 GHzHigh performance cores
8 Cores 16 Threads @ 2.6 / 3.6 GHz
12 Cores 24 Threads @ 2.5 / 3.1 GHz
Bus speed8 GT/s 9.6 GT/sCache memory20 MB 30 MBMax memory capacity384 GB 768 GBMemory types
DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Max # of memory channels4 4Max memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s 68 GB/sMax PCIe lanes40 40TDP115 W 120 WSuggested PSU650W ATX Power Supply
AES New Instructions
AES New Instructions, Secure Key
Security
Trusted Execution Technology, Execute Disable Bit
OS Guard, Trusted Execution Technology, Execute Disable Bit
CPU-Z single thread368 329CPU-Z multi thread3,472 4,757Cinebench R15 single thread75 121Cinebench R15 multi-thread1,053 1,793Cinebench R20 single thread140 255Cinebench R20 multi-thread2,208 3,796PassMark single thread1,553 1,716PassMark CPU Mark9,756 14,725[Linux] Geekbench 4 single core3,342 3,925[Linux] Geekbench 4 multi-core20,436 34,253[Linux] Geekbench 5 single core741 853[Linux] Geekbench 5 multi-core4,977 7,956[SGEMM] GFLOPS Performance313.3 GFLOPS 665 GFLOPS[Multi-core / watt performance] Performance / watt ratio178 pts / W 285 pts / WAmazon
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The processor Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 has a larger number of cores, the maximum frequency of Intel Xeon E5-2689 is greater, that the PDT of Intel Xeon E5-2689 is lower. The Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 was started more recently.
Performance comparison with the benchmarks:
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench.
CPU-Z - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 12%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 37%.
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CPU-Z is a system information software that provides the name of the processor, its model number, the codename, the cache levels, the package, the process. It can also gives data about the mainboard, the memory. It makes real time measurement, with finally a benchmark for the single thread, as well as for the multi thread.
Cinebench R15 - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 61%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 70%.
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Cinebench R15 evaluates the performance of CPU calculations by restoring a photorealistic 3D scene. The scene has 2,000 objects, 300,000 polygons, uses sharp and fuzzy reflections, bright areas, shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and so on. The faster the rendering of the scene is created, the more powerful the PC is, with a high number of points.
Cinebench R20 - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 82%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 72%.
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Cinebench R20 is a multi-platform test software which allows to evaluate the hardware capacities of a device such as a computer, a tablet, a server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant.
PassMark - CPU Mark & single thread Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 10%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 51%.
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PassMark is a benchmarking software that performs several performance tests including prime numbers, integers, floating point, compression, physics, extended instructions, encoding, sorting. The higher the score is, the higher is the device capacity.
With Windows:
Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Windows Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 10%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 51%.
With Linux:
Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Linux Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 17%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 68%.
With Mac OS X:
Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Mac OS X Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 22%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 53%.
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Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.
With Windows:
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Windows Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 31%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 71%.
With Linux:
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Linux Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 15%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 60%.
With macOS:
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - macOS Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
In single core, the difference is 25%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 40%.
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Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.
Equivalence:
Intel Xeon E5-2689 AMD EquivalentIntel Xeon E5-2678 v3 AMD Equivalent
See also:
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