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Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 based on its cost to run and value.
See full details | Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs E5-2450 v2 |
![]() | Supports more RAM 786,432 MB | ![]() | Lower typical power consumption 69.06W |
![]() | Lower annual commercial energy cost 74.46 $/year | ![]() | Lower annual home energy cost 20.48 $/year |
![]() | Much higher clock speed 2.5 GHz | ![]() | Much more l3 cache 20 MB |
![]() | More threads 16 | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.9 GHz |
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 |
5.2 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Winner |
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Supports more RAM | 786,432 MB | vs | 393,216 MB | Supports 2x more RAM | |||
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Lower typical power consumption | 69.06W | vs | 77.19W | More than 10% lower typical power consumption | |||
Lower annual commercial energy cost | 74.46 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | More than 10% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Lower annual home energy cost | 20.48 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | More than 10% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Newer | Jul, 2014 | vs | Jan, 2014 | Release date 6 months later | |||
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Much higher clock speed | 2.5 GHz | vs | 1.9 GHz | More than 30% higher clock speed | |||
Much more l3 cache | 20 MB | vs | 15 MB | Around 35% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
More threads | 16 | vs | 6 | 10 more threads | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.9 GHz | vs | 1.9 GHz | Around 55% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 80 °C | vs | 70.9 °C | Around 15% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.9 GHz | vs | 1.9 GHz | Around 55% better overclocked clock speed (Water) |
summary | Xeon E5-2609 v3 | vs | E5-2450 v2 |
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Clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 2.5 GHz | |
Cores | Hexa core | Octa core | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
AES | |||
AVX | |||
AVX 2.0 | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 85W | 95W | |
Annual home energy cost | 20.48 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 74.46 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 1.83 pt/W | 4.05 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 69.06W | 77.19W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
Number of links | 2 | 1 | |
Data rate | 51,200 MB/s | 32,000 MB/s | |
Transfer rate | 6,400 MT/s | 8,000 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 3,200 MHz | 4,000 MHz |
details | Xeon E5-2609 v3 | vs | E5-2450 v2 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 6 | 16 | |
L3 cache | 15 MB | 20 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 70.9°C | Unknown - 80°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.9 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.9 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
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 | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
DDR | |||
Channels | Quad Channel | Triple Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 6,400 MB/s | 38,400 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 786,432 MB | 393,216 MB |
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