Xeon Gold 6434 vs E5-2640 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2640 v4
2016
10 cores / 20 threads, 90 Watt
7.89
Xeon Gold 6434
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 195 Watt
15.69
+98.9%

Xeon Gold 6434 outperforms Xeon E5-2640 v4 by an impressive 99% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking942433
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.6714.17
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.267.58
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$939$2,607

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6434 has 431% better value for money than Xeon E5-2640 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2016
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data64 °C
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1.5 TB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth68.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4080

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2640 v4 7.89
Xeon Gold 6434 15.69
+98.9%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2640 v4 12493
Xeon Gold 6434 24836
+98.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.89 15.69
Recency 20 June 2016 10 January 2023
Physical cores 10 8
Threads 20 16
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 v4 has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and 116.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6434, on the other hand, has a 98.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 6 years.

The Xeon Gold 6434 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2640 v4 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Xeon Gold 6434, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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