Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 vs Intel Xeon 6970E+
CPU · Specs Compare
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
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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
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Package
FC-LGA12C
FC-LGA18N
Peak Operating Temperature
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102°C
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
4
192
Total Thread Count
8
192
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34.0
23.0
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
480 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
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1.5 TB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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768.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3
5
PCIe Lanes
16
96
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,275
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Geekbench 6
4,198
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Blender
69
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.