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| Intel Xeon E5-2609 vs E5-1620 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2609
- 2.4 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2609
![]() | Much lower typical power consumption 65W | ![]() | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 |
![]() | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 70.08 $/year | ![]() | Much lower annual home energy cost 19.27 $/year |
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Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-1620
- 3.6 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the E5-1620
![]() | Much higher clock speed 3.6 GHz | ![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 2,117 |
![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.93 GHz | ![]() | More threads 8 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much lower typical power consumption | 65W | vs | 105.63W | Around 40% lower typical power consumption | |||
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Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 70.08 $/year | vs | 113.88 $/year | Around 40% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Much lower annual home energy cost | 19.27 $/year | vs | 31.32 $/year | Around 40% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Much higher clock speed | 3.6 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | More than 50% higher clock speed | |||
Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 2,117 | vs | 980 | Around 2.2x better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.93 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 65% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
More threads | 8 | vs | 4 | Twice as many threads | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.7 GHz | vs | 2.56 GHz | Around 85% better overclocked clock speed (Water) |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2609 vs E5-1620
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2609
9,537
Xeon E5-1620
12,397
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2609
1,973
Xeon E5-1620
3,066
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2609
1,620,000 MB/s
Xeon E5-1620
2,460,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2609
6,642
Xeon E5-1620
13,003
GeekBench
Xeon E5-2609
6,642
Xeon E5-1620
13,786
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon E5-2609
6,973
Xeon E5-1620
9,487
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon E5-2609
980
Xeon E5-1620
2,117
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2609 | vs | E5-1620 |
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Clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 2011 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 80W | 130W | |
Annual home energy cost | 19.27 $/year | 31.32 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 70.08 $/year | 113.88 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 8.89 pt/W | 7.47 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 65W | 105.63W | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 34,133.32 MB/s | 51,200 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 384,000 MB |
details | Xeon E5-2609 | vs | E5-1620 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 8 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 10 MB | 10 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 24 | 38 | |
Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 70°C | Unknown - 64°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.93 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.56 GHz | 4.7 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.4 GHz | 3.93 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
Number of links | 2 | 0 | |
Transfer rate | 6,400 MT/s | 0 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 3,200 MHz | 0 MHz |
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