Dedicated Processor Difference

We offer several different CPU options with our Dedicated servers. We have created this article to provide a more comprehensive comparison chart of their specifications to help you choose among them.

CPU Comparison Chart

(sorted by Release Date)

CPU Model

# of Cores

# of Threads

Base Freq

Turbo Freq

L3 Cache

Date Released

Manufacturer's Link

Intel Xeon 5150

2

n/a

2.66GHz

n/a

4MB

2006-Q2

Link

Intel Xeon X5355

4

n/a

2.66GHz

n/a

8MB

2006-Q4

Link

Intel Xeon E5205

2

n/a

1.86GHz

n/a

6MB

2007-Q4

Link

Intel Xeon L5420

4

n/a

2.5GHz

n/a

12MB

2008-Q1

Link

Intel Xeon E5645

6

12

2.4GHz

2.67GHz

12MB

2010-Q1

Link

Intel Xeon L5630

6

12

2.13GHz

2.4GHz

12MB

2010-Q1

Link

Intel Xeon L5640

6

12

2.26GHz

2.8GHz

12MB

2010-Q1

Link

AMD Opteron 6238

12

n/a

2.6GHz

3.2GHz

16MB

2011-Q4

Link

AMD Opteron 6272

16

n/a

2.1GHz

3GHz

16MB

2011-Q4

Link

AMD Opteron 6276

16

n/a

2.3GHz

3.2GHz

16MB

2011-Q4

Link

Intel i7-3930K

6

12

3.2GHz

3.8GHz

12MB

2011-Q4

Link

Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2

4

8

3.4GHz

3.8GHz

8MB

2012-Q2

Link

Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2

4

8

3.5GHz

3.9GHz

8MB

2012-Q2

Link

Intel Xeon E3-1270 V3

4

8

3.5GHz

3.9GHz

8MB

2013-Q2

Link

Intel Xeon E5-1620 V2

4

8

3.7GHz

3.9GHz

10MB

2013-Q3

Link

Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2

6

12

2.1GHz

2.6GHz

15MB

2013-Q3

Link

Intel Xeon E5-2670 V2

10

20

2.5GHz

3.3GHz

25MB

2013-Q3

Link

Intel Xeon E3-1271 V3

4

8

3.6GHz

4GHz

8MB

2014-Q2

Link

Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3

6

12

2.4GHz

3.2GHz

15MB

2014-Q3

Link

Intel Xeon E3-1270 V6

4

8

3.8GHz

4.2GHz

8MB

2017-Q1

Link

Some of our highest tier Dedicated servers are dual-socket and have 2 of the same CPUs installed; these servers are great for very computationally intensive tasks.  On our Dedicated Servers page, the available dual processor/socket servers are listed with a "2x" or "Dual(2)" in front of the CPU model's name, for example, "Dual(2) E5-2670 v2". For clarity, these dual systems are not shown above. However, the total number of cores and threads would obviously be double the value listed in the table.

AES-NI extensions, to speed up encryption calculations, are available on all CPUs released in 2010 or later.

Definitions

Cores and Threads:

Most of our CPUs include Hyper-threading technology which can divide a physical processor (core) into 2 logical ones (threads). This can help improve performance by allowing a single core to process two separate tasks simultaneously. In addition, having more cores allows your server to do more things at once.

L3 Cache:

An L3 cache is a small amount of high-speed memory stored on the CPU chip itself. The CPU uses this cache to store instructions that are being processed by multiple cores to provide quicker lookups for the processor. As this cache is much faster than RAM, it can help reduce bottlenecks and improve processing performance.

Base Frequency vs. Turbo:

The Base Frequency is the normal clock speed at which the CPU will operate. However, when conditions are right, the CPU will automatically scale up to the faster Turbo clock speed. These conditions are determined by the number of threads or processes, as well as the type of workload the CPU is being asked to do. For example, servers used to host games usually benefit from having a faster clock speed versus having more cores.