xeon 1220v3 vs 1220v6

[bpherbst]

obviously the only real difference is haswell vs kaby lake..

besides power consumption is there any real benefit upgrading?

 

[Linkman]

AFAIK, the Kaby Lake will give you minor performance improvements, but the major difference from my perspective is that Haswell is limited to 32GB RAM, while Kaby Lake can address 64GB.

Then there are the price differences for boards and DDR3 vs DDR4 RAM (Kaby Lake supports DDR3L, but I haven't seen a mobo that takes Kaby Lake Xeons and DDR3)

 

[Ericloewe]

No. Unless you have a specific and urgent need, wait until Meltdown is fixed in silicon.