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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs Intel Pentium D1508. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
Released
Q4/2015
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Intel Pentium D1508
Intel Pentium D1508

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 or Intel Pentium D1508? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 has a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 120 W. Released in Q3/2014.

Intel Pentium D1508 has a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 25 W. Released in Q4/2015.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    617 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    2.50 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • More number of cores

    10 times more cores

    12 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 21% better overclocked clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    486 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    206 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    671 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    162 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    916 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    236 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    343 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    73 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    432 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    88 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    291 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    158 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1535 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.21 times less performance per watt

    25 W left arrow 120 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium D1508 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    1019 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    799 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    984 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
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 Pentium
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 5
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v3 left arrow Intel Pentium D
  • Successor
    Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 left arrow --
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
    2.50 GHz left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.30 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    24 left arrow 4
  • 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 Pentium D1508 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-2133
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 32
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Intel Pentium D1508 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    120 W left arrow 25 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3, 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
    30.00 MB left arrow 3.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Haswell E left arrow Broadwell
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow AM1
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q4/2015

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Intel Pentium D1508.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
127
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
44
Intel Pentium D1508
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
1.58
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
0.51
Intel Pentium D1508
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
18462
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
3813
Intel Pentium D1508

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