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Intel Xeon E5-2667
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Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-4617
- 2.9 GHz
- Hexa core
5.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-4617
 | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 4 |
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Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2667
- 2.9 GHz
- Hexa core
5.7 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the E5-2667
| | More threads 12 | | Higher turbo clock speed 3.5 GHz |
| | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.22 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E5-4617 vs E5-2667 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 | |
| 5.7 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
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| More threads | 12 | vs | 6 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 3.5 GHz | vs | 3.4 GHz | Around 5% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.22 GHz | vs | 2.9 GHz | More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-4617 vs E5-2667
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
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-4617 | vs | E5-2667 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.5 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 | 130W | 130W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 31.32 $/year | 31.32 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 113.88 $/year | 113.88 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 3.2 pt/W | 3.58 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 105.63W | 105.63W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
| Data rate | 57,600 MB/s | 64,000 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 8,000 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 4,000 MHz | |
details | Xeon E5-4617 | vs | E5-2667 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 6 | 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 | 4 | 2 | |
| Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.22 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.9 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.9 GHz | 3.22 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 | |||
| Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 51,200 MB/s | 51,200 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 393,216 MB | |
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