Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs Intel Xeon L5638

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2660 and Intel Xeon L5638 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 E5-2660

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 67% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1357 vs 944
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14110 vs 7217
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2012 vs March 2010
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz vs 2.40 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 20480 KB (shared) vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1357 vs 944
PassMark - CPU mark 14110 vs 7217

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5638

  • Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 73 °C
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum core temperature 85°C vs 73 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2660
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5638

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1357
944
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14110
7217
Name Intel Xeon E5-2660 Intel Xeon L5638
PassMark - Single thread mark 1357 944
PassMark - CPU mark 14110 7217
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 549
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 53.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.508

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2660 Intel Xeon L5638

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EP Westmere EP
Launch date March 2012 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $85 $90
Place in performance rating 2139 2148
Price now $102 $69.90
Processor Number E5-2660 L5638
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Discontinued Launched
Value for money (0-100) 32.05 23.41
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 2.00 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI 5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size 435 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 20480 KB (shared) 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 73 °C 85°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 16 12
Transistor count 2270 million 1170 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V 1.0 - 1.5V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 60 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
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 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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)