Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
    150%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
    170%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
    130%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Much higher single threaded performance (around 70% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 50% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2

None

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
F16C
EPT
ECC

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy Bridge-EPvsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateSep 2013vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs2vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache20480 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Size160mm²vs160mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
Cpu Frequency2600 MHzvs2000 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
    3502 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
    2060 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
    25708 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
    19776 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (simulated)
    102
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (simulated)
    60

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (simulated)
    995.06
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (simulated)
    765.43

points - higher is better