Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2470

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2470 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3

  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • 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 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1971 vs 1410
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21088 vs 14464
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1971 vs 1410
PassMark - CPU mark 21088 vs 14464

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

  • Around 0% higher maximum core temperature: 78 °C vs 77.8°C
  • Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Maximum core temperature 78 °C vs 77.8°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 135 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2470

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1971
1410
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21088
14464
Name Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2470
PassMark - Single thread mark 1971 1410
PassMark - CPU mark 21088 14464
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 720
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3222

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2470

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date Q3'14 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1472 1476
Processor Number E5-2667V3 E5-2470
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $1,480
Price now $316.72
Value for money (0-100) 9.36

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.20 GHz 2.30 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77.8°C 78 °C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of QPI Links 2 1
Number of threads 16 16
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V 0.60V-1.35V
Die size 294 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared)
Transistor count 1270 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
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 42.5 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 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)