Intel Xeon E7340 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7340 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. 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).

Intel Xeon E7340

Intel Xeon E5-2660

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7340

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 73 °C vs 66°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
2621440x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1357 vs 960
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14146 vs 6544

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	73 °C vs 66°C
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB L2 Cache
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1357 vs 960
PassMark - CPU mark	14146 vs 6544

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7340
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

960

1357

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6544

14146

Name	Intel Xeon E7340	Intel Xeon E5-2660
PassMark - Single thread mark	960	1357
PassMark - CPU mark	6544	14146
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 E7340	Intel Xeon E5-2660
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tigerton	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q3'07	March 2012
Place in performance rating	2043	2057
Processor Number	E7340	E5-2660
Series	Legacy Intel Xeon Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$85
Price now		$102
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		32.05
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.20 GHz
Bus Speed	1066 MHz	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	286 mm2	435 mm
L3 cache	8 MB L2 Cache	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	66°C	73 °C
Number of cores	4	8
Transistor count	582 million	2270 million
VID voltage range	1.0V-1.5V	0.60V-1.35V
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
Maximum frequency		3.00 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		16
Compatibility
Package Size	53.3mm x 53.3mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	PGA604, PPGA604	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)
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
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S Only