Intel Xeon E7530 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7530 and Intel Xeon E5-2670 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7530

  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 115 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2670

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 55% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.13 GHz
  • Around 25% higher maximum core temperature: 80.0°C vs 64°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 1747626.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1494 vs 887
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15641 vs 7231
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 2.13 GHz
Maximum core temperature 80.0°C vs 64°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 12 MB L3 Cache
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1494 vs 887
PassMark - CPU mark 15641 vs 7231

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7530
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2670

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
887
1494
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7231
15641
Name Intel Xeon E7530 Intel Xeon E5-2670
PassMark - Single thread mark 887 1494
PassMark - CPU mark 7231 15641
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 602
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4635
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 88.939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.475

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E7530 Intel Xeon E5-2670

Essentials

Architecture codename Nehalem EX Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date Q1'10 March 2012
Place in performance rating 2199 2207
Processor Number E7530 E5-2670
Series Legacy Intel Xeon Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $145
Price now $96.48
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 37.05

Performance

Base frequency 1.87 GHz 2.60 GHz
Bus Speed 5.86 GT/s 8 GT/s QPI
L3 cache 12 MB L3 Cache 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 64°C 80.0°C
Maximum frequency 2.13 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 16
64 bit support
Die size 435 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA1567 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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

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