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