Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 vs Intel Xeon L5609

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3 and Intel Xeon L5609 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.

Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3

Intel Xeon L5609

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
16 more threads: 20 vs 4
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 77.6°C vs 63.1°C
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
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7229 vs 3298

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 4
Number of threads	20 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C vs 63.1°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 288 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7229 vs 3298

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5609

Around 9% higher clock speed: 1.86 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1160 vs 1027

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.86 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1160 vs 1027

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5609

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1027

1160

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7229

3298

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	Intel Xeon L5609
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027	1160
PassMark - CPU mark	7229	3298

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v3	Intel Xeon L5609
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Westmere EP
Launch date	Q2'15	March 2010
Place in performance rating	2058	2041
Processor Number	E5-4610V3	L5609
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI	4.8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C	63.1°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	1.86 GHz
Number of cores	10	4
Number of QPI Links	2	2
Number of threads	20	4
Die size		239 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		12288 KB (shared)
Transistor count		1170 million
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	288 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm	42.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	40 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit	40-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)