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Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Intel Xeon 6980E+

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date May 2014 May 2026
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Type Server Server
Core Architecture Haswell-WS Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics N/A N/A
Generation Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS) Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count 1.4 billions
Manufacturing Process 22 nm 3 nm
Socket Intel Socket 1150 Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption 80 W 400 W
Foundry Intel Intel
Die Size 160 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-LGA18N
Peak Operating Temperature 99°C
I/O Process Size 10 nm
I/O Die Size 2x 241
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Total Core Count 4 264
Total Thread Count 8 264
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34.0 21.0
L1 Cache 64 K per core 96 KB per core
L2 Cache 256 K per core 4 MB per module
L3 Cache 8 MB shared 528 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier No No
SMP 1 2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types DDR3-1600 DDR5-8000
Max Memory Channels 2 12
ECC Memory Support Yes Yes
Max Memory Size 1.5 TB
Max Memory Bandwidth 768.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version 3 5
PCIe Lanes 16 96