Intel Xeon E5-4607 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Intel Xeon E5-4607
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2200 MHz / Cores: 6 / May 2012
Intel Xeon E5-4607
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2200 MHz / Cores: 10 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-4607

None

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.

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 E5-4607Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
8.0GT/s QPI
F16C
EPT
ECC

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-4607Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
ArchitectureIntel_SandyBridgevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameSandy Bridge-EPvsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateMay 2012vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-4607Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
Cores6vs10
Threads12vs20
SMPs4vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-4607Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache15360 KB (shared)vs25600 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-4607Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vs
Die Size435mm²vs160mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-4607Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
Cpu Frequency2200 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-4607
    2200 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
    3090 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-4607
    15840 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
    27192 points

Points - higher is better