Intel Xeon Gold 5320 vs Intel Xeon E5 2640

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Intel Xeon Gold 5320

Intel Xeon E5-2640

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5320 with 26 cores 2.2GHz 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 Gold 5320 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (2993 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (39MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2640 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 185W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 +39%

1117

Intel Xeon E5 2640

800

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5320 +129%

7285

Intel Xeon E5 2640

3177

Intel Xeon Gold 5320

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Intel Xeon E5 2640

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Ice Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

-

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

185 W

Power Consumption

95 W

79 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3 GHz

26

Total Core Count

6

52

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

39 MB shared

L3 Cache

15 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2993

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

64

PCIe Lanes

-

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