Intel Xeon E5 1620 vs Intel Xeon X5680

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Intel Xeon E5-1620

Intel Xeon X5680

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1620 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Xeon X5680 with 6 cores 3.333GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.333GHz)

Intel Xeon X5680 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 10MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620 +20%

690

Intel Xeon X5680

574

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1620

2533

Intel Xeon X5680 +66%

4212

Intel Xeon E5 1620

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Intel Xeon X5680

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Feb 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-E

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

294 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.333 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

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