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Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2016
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
Released
Q2/2016
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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 or Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 140 W. Released in Q2/2016.

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 140 W. Released in Q2/2016.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    742 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 11% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    595 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    492 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    113 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    646 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    659 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    408 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    128 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    205 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v4 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 left arrow Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
CPU Technical specs

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
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-1866DDR4-2133DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR4-1866DDR4-2133DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    1532 GB left arrow 1532 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 4
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 40
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    140 W left arrow 140 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    15.00 MB left arrow 20.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Broadwell E left arrow Broadwell E
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow Q2/2016

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
941
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
889
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
5521
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
6861
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them
305.3
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4
234.1
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4

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