Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4

Xeon E5-1680 v2 vs Xeon E5-2640 v4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1680 v2 performs better than the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Xeon E5-1680 v2 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1680 v2. The Xeon E5-2640 v4 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1680 v2 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1680 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.