Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  6 2
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E5 v4 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.40 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  10 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz No
• CPU Threads
  20 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  4 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  90 W 95 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Broadwell E Yorkfield
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q3/2008