Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5 vs Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Xeon E3 Intel Xeon E3
• Generation
  5 5
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E3 v5 Intel Xeon E3 v5

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.80 GHz 2.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.30 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 Intel HD Graphics P530
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  72 24
• Shader
  576 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9
• DirectX Version
  12.0 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2015

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 and Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133LPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 45 W
• TDP down
  35 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5 and Intel Xeon E3-1515M v5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake S Skylake S
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440 BGA 1440
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q4/2015