We offer several different CPU options with our Dedicated servers and 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) 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. 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 at the same time. Having more cores allows your server to do more things at once. An L3 cache is a small amount of very fast memory stored on the CPU chip itself. This cache is used by the CPU 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. The Base Frequency is the normal clock speed the CPU will operate at, 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 being asked to do. Servers used to host games usually benefit from having a faster clock speed versus having more cores.
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 6272
16
n/a
2.1GHz
3GHz
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
Definitions
Cores and Threads:
L3 Cache:
Base Frequency vs Turbo: