Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 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 E5-4610 v4

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 79 vs 75°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Maximum core temperature 79 vs 75°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

  • Around 67% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1423 vs 1144
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18491 vs 15084
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1423 vs 1144
PassMark - CPU mark 18491 vs 15084

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1144
1423
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15084
18491
Name Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1144 1423
PassMark - CPU mark 15084 18491
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 605
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5451

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4610 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date Q2'16 September 2013
Place in performance rating 1666 1650
Processor Number E5-4610V4 E5-2660V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $850
Price now $275.51
Value for money (0-100) 14.39

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.80 GHz 2.20 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 79 75°C
Maximum frequency 1.80 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 10 10
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 20 20
Die size 160 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 25600 KB (shared)
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 4S 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

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