Intel Xeon E5640 vs Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR3 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.666GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5640

437

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5 +196%

1294

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5640

2456

Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5 +56%

3842

Intel Xeon E5640

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Intel Xeon E3 1230 v5

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Oct 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Skylake-DT

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

1.75 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

80 W

Power Consumption

80 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

239 mm²

Die Size

122 mm²

FC-LGA10

Package

FC-LGA14C

CPU Performance

2.666 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

2.933 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

4

8

Total Thread Count

8

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

34.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3,

3

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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