Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670

Xeon E5-2630 v2 vs Xeon E5-2670 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 performs better than the Xeon E5-2670. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2670 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2670 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2630 v2 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2630 v2. According to our data, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Xeon E5-2670 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2670 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2630 v2 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2670 CPU because of its 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 E5-2630 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.