Intel Xeon E5-2640 vs E5-2630 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2640
- 2.5 GHz
- Hexa core
5.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2640
 | Significantly higher clock speed 2.5 GHz | | Higher turbo clock speed 3 GHz |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.9 GHz |
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Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2630
- 2.3 GHz
- Hexa core
5.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the E5-2630
| | Much better performance per dollar 1.26 pt/$ | | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.74 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E5-2640 vs E5-2630 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 | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.5 GHz | vs | 2.3 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
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| Higher turbo clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | More than 5% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.9 GHz | vs | 2.55 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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| Much better performance per dollar | 1.26 pt/$ | vs | 0.81 pt/$ | More than 55% better performance per dollar | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.74 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2640 vs E5-2630
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2640 | vs | E5-2630 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.3 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Hexa core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 2011 | |||
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 | 7.66 pt/W | 8.05 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 77.19W | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3-800 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 42,666.64 MB/s | 42,666.64 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 393,216 MB | |
details | Xeon E5-2640 | vs | E5-2630 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Clock multiplier | 30 | 28 | |
| Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 73°C | Unknown - 77.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 3 | 1 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.55 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | 2.74 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.9 GHz | 2.55 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 | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
| Data rate | 57,600 MB/s | 57,600 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 7,200 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 3,600 MHz | |
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