Intel Xeon E5640 vs Xeon Gold 6554S

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Intel Xeon E5640

Intel Xeon Gold 6554S

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz and Xeon Gold 6554S with 36 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 270W)

Xeon Gold 6554S 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (180MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5640

437

Xeon Gold 6554S +194%

1289

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5640

2456

Xeon Gold 6554S +491%

14516

Intel Xeon E5640

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Xeon Gold 6554S

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

74 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

239 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.666 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.933 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

36

8

Total Thread Count

72

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

180 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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