Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5640

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 and Intel Xeon E5640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 288 GB
Launch date 8 Sep 2014 vs March 2010
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 288 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5640

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 66°C
  • Around 20% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 77.6°C vs 66°C
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 10 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5640

Name Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 Intel Xeon E5640
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 91.366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.254
PassMark - Single thread mark 1252
PassMark - CPU mark 7455
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 476
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2185

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-1607 v3 Intel Xeon E5640

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Westmere EP
Launch date 8 Sep 2014 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $255 $49
Place in performance rating 2225 2220
Processor Number E5-1607V3 E5640
Series Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $59.49
Value for money (0-100) 26.06

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.10 GHz 2.66 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s 5.86 GT/s QPI
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 10 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 66°C 77.6°C
Number of cores 4 4
Number of QPI Links 0 2
Number of threads 4 8
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V 0.750V-1.350V
Die size 239 mm
Maximum frequency 2.93 GHz
Transistor count 1170 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 59 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 288 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1333/1600/1866 DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm 42.5mm X 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel AVX2 Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit 40-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)