Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4288 points
4409 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6056 points
16% slightly better gaming score
5193 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3725 points
4156 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3606 points
4086 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.25 points
127.64 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5425 points
5966 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1033 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5449 points
5632 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1187 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1047 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
90 W
55% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
Identical
40

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

410th of 1,089
399th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4-1600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has significantly more cores than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E5-1650 v4. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1650 v4 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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