Xeon E5540 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3

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Intel Xeon E5540

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 135W)

Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.533GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5540

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Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Sep 2014

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

135 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

263 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

24

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

3

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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