Intel Xeon E5 2680 vs Intel Xeon E7 8850

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Intel Xeon E5-2680

Intel Xeon E7-8850

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2680 with 8 cores 2.7GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8850 with 10 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2680 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2GHz)

Intel Xeon E7 8850 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 20MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2680 +151%

947

Intel Xeon E7 8850

376

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2680 +29%

5316

Intel Xeon E7 8850

4103

Intel Xeon E5 2680

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Intel Xeon E7 8850

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Apr 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Package

2.27 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

435 mm²

Die Size

513 mm²

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

10

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

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