Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5 2640

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Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3 Intel Xeon E5 2640

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3 with 12 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2640 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3

731

Intel Xeon E5 2640 +9%

800

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3

1516

Intel Xeon E5 2640 +109%

3177

Intel Xeon E5 2673 v3

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Intel Xeon E5 2640

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

105 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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