Pentium E6500 vs Xeon E5-2660 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	909	2666
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.74
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	7.44	1.08
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$50

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	20	2
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	0.93 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	25 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	356 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Pentium E6500.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.26	0.74
Recency	8 September 2014	9 August 2009
Physical cores	10	2
Threads	20	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

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