Intel Xeon 656 vs Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Feb 2026
May 2014
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Granite Rapids
Haswell-WS
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
Series
Intel Xeon 6 processors
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Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
22 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 4710
Intel Socket 1150
Power Consumption
210 W
80 W
Peak Operating Temperature
98°C
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Foundry
Intel
Intel
Die Size
2x598 mm²
160 mm²
I/O Process Size
10 nm
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I/O Die Size
2x 241
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Package
FC-LGA18N
FC-LGA12C
Transistor Count
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1.4 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
20
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Performance Core Threads
40
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
Total Core Count
20
4
Total Thread Count
40
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
29.0
35.0
L1 Cache
112 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
72 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR3-1600
Max Memory Size
4 TB
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Max Memory Channels
8
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
409.6 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
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1,206
Geekbench 6
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3,716