| Attribute |
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 × | 
Intel Core i7-3930k × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | Intel | Intel |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition |
| Model | Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 | Intel Core i7-3930k |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| CPU Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | + |
| Overclocking | - | + |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | - | 3.8 |
| Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | 3 | - |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | No | No |
| h264 | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | No |
| VP8 | No | No |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | No | No |
| VP9 | No | No |
| AVC | No | No |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Memory type | DDR4-2133 | DDR3-1600 |
| PCIe lanes | 40 | - |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | - |
| ECC | + | - |
| Memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2014 | 2011 |
| Technology (Nm) | 22 | 32 |
| Socket | LGA 2011-3 | LGA 2011 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 20 | 12 |
| Architecture | Haswell E | Sandy Bridge |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 90 | 130 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 13,864 | 12,139 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 744 | 785 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 5,657 | 4,576 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 172 | 140 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 1,275 | 1,045 |
| Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) | 271 | 269 |
| Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) | 2,401 | 1,986 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1.84 | 1.53 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 12.36 | 10.16 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 3,665 | 3,542 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 27,120 | 20,711 |
| Blender 2.81 (bmw27) | - | 427.7 |