oj88 134 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) My Plex server has the following relevant specs: i5-4570 CPU Z97-D3H Board 32GB DDR3 1050Ti GPU (for HW transcoding) I thought I'd give this a performance boost without replacing the whole thing. The motherboard supports both the E3-1285 V4 as well as the E3-1285L V4 (with an "L") The non-"L" "regular" version is around US$135 where I live, while the "L" version is $30 cheaper. How much performance am I missing if I just get the "L" version? Edited December 7, 2020 by oj88 Link to post Share on other sites
TheGuru 12 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I'd say you'll miss for $30 or less of performance. It's a little slower, but also a little cheaper. I don't think you'll ever notice the difference in real life. For raw (but probably not very useful comparison), you can check out: Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3 @ 3.60GHz [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software Link to post Share on other sites
oj88 134 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, TheGuru said: I'd say you'll miss for $30 or less of performance. It's a little slower, but also a little cheaper. I don't think you'll ever notice the difference in real life. For raw (but probably not very useful comparison), you can check out: Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1285L v4 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3 @ 3.60GHz [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software Thanks. I already saw that comparison and it's partially the reason I'm confused on which one to get. While the "L" CPU is the low-TDP/slower core-speed version, it is also faster than the regular E3-1285 V4 according to that benchmark... which made little sense to me. Anyway, I found an old Anandtech article comparing these CPUs here: https://www.anandtech.com/show/9532/the-intel-broadwell-xeon-e3-v4-review-95w-65w-35w-1285-1285l-1265 I will have to read through the finer points but it seems that in a nutshell, the "L" version might be the better-binned CPU and despite its apparent handicap, can still trade blows with the non-L CPU. Again, I'll have to read the whole thing. Edited December 7, 2020 by oj88 Link to post Share on other sites
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