Intel Xeon E5 4603 vs Intel Xeon E5 2640

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Intel Xeon E5-4603

Intel Xeon E5-2640

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 4603 with 4 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2640 with 6 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 2640 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (15MB vs 10MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 4603

422

Intel Xeon E5 2640 +89%

800

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 4603

2512

Intel Xeon E5 2640 +26%

3177

Intel Xeon E5 4603

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Intel Xeon E5 2640

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

294 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

4

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

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