Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Xeon E5-2640 v4 vs Xeon E5-2690 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2690. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2640 v4 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2690. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2690. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2640 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-2690 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2640 v4 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 CPU because of its 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 E5-2640 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.