Intel Xeon E5 2608L v3 vs Xeon E5420
We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2608L v3 with 6 cores 2GHz and Xeon E5420 with 4 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 2608L v3 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)
Lower TDP (52W vs 80W)
Xeon E5420 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Xeon E5 2608L v3
+94%
709
Xeon E5420
365
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Xeon E5 2608L v3
+233%
3511
Xeon E5420
1054
General Parameters
Sep 2014
Release Date
Nov 2007
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Haswell-EP
Core Architecture
Harpertown
Intel Socket 2011-3
Socket
Intel Socket 771
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Generation
Xeon (Harpertown)
Package
2.6 billions
Transistor Count
0.82 billions
22 nm
Manufacturing Process
45 nm
52 W
Power Consumption
80 W
Intel
Foundry
Intel
356 mm²
Die Size
2x107 mm²
CPU Performance
2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
0
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
0
6
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
333 MHz
20.0
Multiplier
7.5
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
6 MB per die
15 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR4-1866
Memory Types
DDR2, DDR3
Depends on motherboard
4
Max Memory Channels
2
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
3
PCIe Version
2
40
PCIe Lanes
-
