Intel Xeon E5-2403 vs Intel Xeon E5645

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2403 and Intel Xeon E5645 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2403

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 384 GB vs 288 GB
Launch date May 2012 vs March 2010
Maximum memory size 384 GB vs 288 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5645

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 48% higher clock speed: 2.67 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 20% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1178 vs 802
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9164 vs 2367
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 2.67 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 10240 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1178 vs 802
PassMark - CPU mark 9164 vs 2367

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2403
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5645

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
802
1178
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2367
9164
Name Intel Xeon E5-2403 Intel Xeon E5645
PassMark - Single thread mark 802 1178
PassMark - CPU mark 2367 9164
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 442
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.623
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 11.094

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2403 Intel Xeon E5645

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN Westmere EP
Launch date May 2012 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $230 $294
Place in performance rating 2487 2488
Price now $364.97 $239.95
Processor Number E5-2403 E5645
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Discontinued Launched
Value for money (0-100) 2.84 7.96
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.80 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI 5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm 239 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 10240 KB (shared) 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 1.8 GHz 2.67 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of QPI Links 1 2
Number of threads 4 12
Transistor count 1270 million 1170 million
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V 0.750V-1.350V
Maximum core temperature 76.2°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25 GB/s 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB 288 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066 DDR3 800/1066/1333

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm 42.5mm X 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 80 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

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