Intel Xeon E5-4640 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4640 and Intel Xeon E5-2690 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon E5-4640

Intel Xeon E5-2690

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21374 vs 16749

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2012 vs March 2012
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	21374 vs 16749

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2690

Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1676 vs 1392

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1676 vs 1392

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4640
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2690

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1392

1676

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21374

16749

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4640	Intel Xeon E5-2690
PassMark - Single thread mark	1392	1676
PassMark - CPU mark	21374	16749
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		670
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		253.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.625
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4640	Intel Xeon E5-2690
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EP	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	May 2012	March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,730	$397
Place in performance rating	1241	1235
Price now	$2,730	$159
Processor Number	E5-4640	E5-2690
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	1.14	25.42
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.90 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	435 mm	435 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)	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2	2
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	2270 million	2270 million
VID voltage range	0.6V-1.35V	0.60V-1.35V
Maximum core temperature		72.0 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	135 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	4S Only	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	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)