Athlon 64 X2 5400+ vs Xeon E5-2660 v4
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2660 v4 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5400+ by a whopping 1639% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 981 | 3117 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.84 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.06 | 0.61 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Windsor (2006−2007) |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (9 years ago) | December 2006 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,445 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 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 cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 28 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | no data |
| Bus rate | 2 × 9.6 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 35 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 306.18 mm2 | 220 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4700 Million | 154 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 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 configuration | 2 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | AM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 89 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+ are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 1,536 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v4 and Athlon 64 X2 5400+.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.87 | 0.51 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 2 |
| Threads | 28 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 89 Watt |
Xeon E5-2660 v4 has a 1639.2% higher aggregate performance score, 600% more physical cores and 1300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 64 X2 5400+, on the other hand, has 18% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2660 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 64 X2 5400+ is a desktop one.
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