Xeon E5-4640 v2 vs E5-2697 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking856not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.96no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency6.54no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)no data
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus rate8GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache30 MB (shared)20 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature86 °C75 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2 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 configuration24
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching++
PAE46 Bit46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/s59.7 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 1 January 2014
Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 95 Watt

Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads.

Xeon E5-4640 v2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 36.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-4640 v2. We've got no test results to judge.


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