Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Xeon E5-2690 v2 vs Xeon E5-2660 v4 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 performs better than the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2660 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon E5-2690 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2660 v4 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 v2 thanks to a slightly 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 E5-2690 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.