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| Intel Xeon E5-2440 vs E5-2420 |
Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2440
- 2.4 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2440
![]() | Much higher clock speed 2.4 GHz | ![]() | Significantly higher turbo clock speed 2.9 GHz |
![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,464 |
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Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2420
- 1.9 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the E5-2420
![]() | Much better performance per watt 5.47 pt/W | ![]() | Much better performance per dollar 1.26 pt/$ |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E5-2440 vs E5-2420 among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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| ![]() | Intel Xeon E5-2420CPUBoss Winner |
Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much higher clock speed | 2.4 GHz | vs | 1.9 GHz | More than 25% higher clock speed | |||
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Significantly higher turbo clock speed | 2.9 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | More than 20% higher turbo clock speed | |||
Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,464 | vs | 1,355 | Around 10% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
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Much better performance per watt | 5.47 pt/W | vs | 2.28 pt/W | Around 2.5x better performance per watt | |||
Much better performance per dollar | 1.26 pt/$ | vs | 0.24 pt/$ | Around 5.2x better performance per dollar |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2440 vs E5-2420
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2440
13,924
Xeon E5-2420
10,344
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2440
1,655
Xeon E5-2420
1,754
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2440
789.6 MB/s
Xeon E5-2420
985,150 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon E5-2440
9,319
Xeon E5-2420
8,570
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon E5-2440
1,464
Xeon E5-2420
1,355
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2440 | vs | E5-2420 |
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Clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.9 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Cores | Hexa core | Hexa core | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 95W | 95W | |
Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 2.28 pt/W | 5.47 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 77.19W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Data rate | 28,800 MB/s | 28,800 MB/s | |
Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 7,200 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 3,600 MHz |
details | Xeon E5-2440 | vs | E5-2420 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 12 | 12 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 0.33 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 15 MB | 15 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 0 | 0 | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
DDR3 | |||
Channels | Triple Channel | Triple Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 31,999.98 MB/s | 31,999.98 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 393,216 MB |
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