Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2200 MHz / Cores: 10 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2658
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2100 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2658

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2658

None

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2Intel Xeon E5-2658
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
Hyper-Threading
8.0GT/s QPI

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2Intel Xeon E5-2658
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy Bridge-EPvsSandy Bridge-EP
Release DateSep 2013vsMar 2012

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2Intel Xeon E5-2658
Cores10vs8
Threads20vs16
SMPs2vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2Intel Xeon E5-2658
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache25600 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2Intel Xeon E5-2658
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Size160mm²vs435mm²
Process22 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2Intel Xeon E5-2658
Cpu Frequency2200 MHzvs2100 MHz
Turbo Clock3000 MHzvs2400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
    3090 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2658
    2400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
    27192 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2658
    20160 points

Points - higher is better