Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5 1620

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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3

Intel Xeon E5-1620

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 with 12 cores 2.6GHz and Intel Xeon E5 1620 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 1620 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 135W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 +47%

1015

Intel Xeon E5 1620

690

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3 +141%

6118

Intel Xeon E5 1620

2533

Intel Xeon E5 2690 v3

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Intel Xeon E5 1620

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-E

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-E)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

1.27 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

135 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

294 mm²

CPU Performance

2.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

12

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

26.0

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

10 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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