Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2440

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2440 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 384 GB
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 384 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2440

  • 6 more threads: 12 vs 6
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1151 vs 1110
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10776 vs 8590
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 12 vs 6
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1151 vs 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 10776 vs 8590

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2440

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1110
1151
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8590
10776
Name Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2440
PassMark - Single thread mark 1110 1151
PassMark - CPU mark 8590 10776
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2216
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 32.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 31.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.42

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2440

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date Q3'14 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1785 1796
Processor Number E5-2609V3 E5-2440
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $295
Price now $43.72
Value for money (0-100) 61.84

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.90 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI 7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.9°C
Number of cores 6 6
Number of QPI Links 2 1
Number of threads 6 12
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V 0.6V-1.35V
Die size 294 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 2.90 GHz
Transistor count 1270 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 51 GB/s 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 24
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S 2S 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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

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