Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2800 MHz / Cores: 10 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Intel Socket 1155SERVER
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2012
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    154%
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    100%
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
    102%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    212%
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 112% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

46 watts lower power draw.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
F16C
EPT
ECC
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy Bridge-EPvsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2013vsMay 2012

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Cores10vs4
Threads20vs8
SMPs2vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache25600 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Size160mm²vs160mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Cpu Frequency2800 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP115 Wvs69 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    3708 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
    3811 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
    34608 points
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
    16315 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (simulated)
    108
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 (simulated)
    111

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (simulated)
    1339.51
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 (simulated)
    631.48

points - higher is better