Intel Xeon E5-2660 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E5-2660 and Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

538Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score511
3955Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score3206
8182PassMark CPU Mark Rating6508
1405PassMark Single Thread Rating1390
48563DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E5-2660ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2420 v2
2200 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
3000 MHzMaximum Frequency2700 MHz
8Cores6
16Threads12
95 WTDP80 W
Sandy Bridge-EPCodenameIvy Bridge EN
Socket 2011 LGAPackageFCLGA1356

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

605Single-Core Score514
5336Multi-Core Score3380
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemDebian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)
To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M.ModelHP ProLiant DL380e Gen8
INTEL X79 INTEL(INTEL Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 - C600/C200 CipsetMotherboardN/A

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2NameIntel Xeon E5-2420 v2
1 Processor, 10 Cores, 20 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
2.17 GHzBase Frequency2.19 GHz
2963 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 2011 LGAPackage
Ivy Bridge-EP/EXCodename
32.0 KB x 10L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 10L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 10L2 Cache256 KB x 6
25.0 MB x 1L3 Cache15.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize23.43 GB
658 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

605Single-Core Score514
642Crypto Score554
590Integer Score495
632Floating Point Score 550
642
1.09 GB/sec
AES-XTS554
967.7 MB/sec
710
3.59 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)589
2.98 MB/sec
674
31.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression511
24.2 Mpixels/sec
635
1.79 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)527
1.49 MTE/sec
539
633.2 KElements/sec
HTML5462
542.7 KElements/sec
533
166.9 Krows/sec
SQLite459
143.7 Krows/sec
571
31.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering473
25.7 Mpixels/sec
573
182.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering518
164.9 KB/sec
536
4.18 Klines/sec
Clang452
3.52 Klines/sec
566
6.56 images/sec
Camera479
5.56 images/sec
591
739.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics524
655.2 Kpairs/sec
632
3912.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics573
3550.7 FPS
511
28.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur434
23.9 Mpixels/sec
596
4.59 images/sec
Face Detection488
3.76 images/sec
623
15.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection527
13.0 Mpixels/sec
1063
52.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting946
46.4 Mpixels/sec
1065
14.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR602
8.21 Mpixels/sec
654
525.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing740
593.8 Kpixels/sec
414
3.71 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion429
3.84 Kpixels/sec
684
21.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition656
21.0 Words/sec
436
16.8 images/sec
Machine Learning351
13.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

5336Multi-Core Score3380
6001Crypto Score3492
5200Integer Score3298
5519Floating Point Score 3539
6001
10.2 GB/sec
AES-XTS3492
5.95 GB/sec
6433
32.5 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4678
23.7 MB/sec
6777
320.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4066
192.4 Mpixels/sec
3744
10.6 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3243
9.15 MTE/sec
4781
5.61 MElements/sec
HTML52231
2.62 MElements/sec
5477
1.72 Mrows/sec
SQLite3222
1.01 Mrows/sec
5510
299.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3797
206.0 Mpixels/sec
4900
1.52 MB/sec
Text Rendering2605
830.1 KB/sec
5114
39.8 Klines/sec
Clang3687
28.7 Klines/sec
4707
54.6 images/sec
Camera2854
33.1 images/sec
4569
5.72 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics3194
4.00 Mpairs/sec
6299
39022.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics4805
29771.7 FPS
4791
263.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2896
159.2 Mpixels/sec
5782
44.5 images/sec
Face Detection3753
28.9 images/sec
6257
154.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4129
101.8 Mpixels/sec
8909
437.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5242
257.2 Mpixels/sec
10320
140.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR4488
61.2 Mpixels/sec
6408
5.15 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4692
3.77 Mpixels/sec
4363
39.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2784
24.9 Kpixels/sec
4609
147.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3143
100.5 Words/sec
2448
94.6 images/sec
Machine Learning1637
63.3 images/sec