Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 vs E5-2620V4

older Released July, 2014

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

2.4 GHz
Hexa core
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5.4 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

	Much better performance per dollar 4.08 pt/$		Higher clock speed 2.4 GHz
	Much better performance per watt 12.6 pt/W		Slightly higher turbo clock speed 3.2 GHz

It turns out that when you have up to 18 cores on a single die, this ability is crucial to supporting maximum performance on a wide array of compute workloads and to maintain power efficiency.

by Ryan-Shrout (Sep, 2014)

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Intel E5-2620V4

2.1 GHz
Octa core
Unlocked

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5.3 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the E5-2620V4

	Significantly newer manufacturing process 14 nm		More l3 cache 20 MB
	Supports more RAM 1,572,864 MB		More cores 8

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon E5-2620 v3 6.3 E5-2620V4 6.4 Xeon E5-2630 v3 6.8
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon E5-2620 v3 7.9 E5-2620V4 6.7 Xeon E5-2630 v3 6.6
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon E5-2620 v3 0.0 E5-2620V4 0.0 Xeon E5-2630 v3 0.0
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon E5-2620 v3 0.0 E5-2620V4 0.0 Xeon E5-2630 v3 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon E5-2620 v3 5.0 E5-2620V4 5.0 Xeon E5-2630 v3 5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon E5-2620 v3 5.3 E5-2620V4 n.d. Xeon E5-2630 v3 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

5.4	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Xeon E5-2620 v3 5.4 E5-2620V4 5.3 Xeon E5-2630 v3 5.3

Winner
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 based on its single-core performance and value.

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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

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Much better performance per dollar

4.08 pt/$

vs

0.52 pt/$

Around 8x better performance per dollar

Higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

vs

2.1 GHz

Around 15% higher clock speed

Much better performance per watt

12.6 pt/W

vs

2.53 pt/W

Around 5x better performance per watt

Slightly higher turbo clock speed

3.2 GHz

vs

3 GHz

More than 5% higher turbo clock speed

Better PassMark (Single core) score

1,683

vs

1,527

More than 10% better PassMark (Single core) score

Better overclocked clock speed (Air)

2.66 GHz

vs

2.37 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Better overclocked clock speed (Water)

2.87 GHz

vs

2.58 GHz

More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

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Intel E5-2620V4

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Significantly newer manufacturing process

14 nm

vs

22 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

More l3 cache

20 MB

vs

15 MB

Around 35% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

Supports more RAM

1,572,864 MB

vs

786,432 MB

Supports 2x more RAM

More cores

8

vs

6

2 more cores; run more applications at once

More threads

16

vs

12

4 more threads

Better PassMark score

11,389

vs

9,977

Around 15% better PassMark score

Newer

Jan, 2016

vs

Jul, 2014

Release date over 1 years later

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E5-2620 v3

14,662

8,618

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E5-2620 v3

2,702

2,491

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E5-2620 v3

2,750,000 MB/s

3,210 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon E5-2620 v3

9,977

11,389

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon E5-2620 v3

1,683

1,527

summary	Xeon E5-2620 v3	vs	E5-2620V4
Clock speed	2.4 GHz		2.1 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.2 GHz		3 GHz
Cores	Hexa core		Octa core
Is unlocked	Yes		Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
AES
AVX
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	85W		85W
Annual home energy cost	20.48 $/year		20.48 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	74.46 $/year		74.46 $/year
Performance per watt	12.6 pt/W		2.53 pt/W
Typical power consumption	69.06W		69.06W
bus
Architecture	QPI		QPI
Number of links	2		2
Data rate	64,000 MB/s		64,000 MB/s
Transfer rate	8,000 MT/s		8,000 MT/s
Clock speed	4,000 MHz		4,000 MHz

details	Xeon E5-2620 v3	vs	E5-2620V4
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	12		16
L3 cache	15 MB		20 MB
L3 cache per core	2.5 MB/core		2.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm		14 nm
Max CPUs	2		2
Operating temperature	Unknown - 72.6°C		Unknown - 74°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.66 GHz		2.37 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.87 GHz		2.58 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.66 GHz		2.37 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
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Channels	Quad Channel		Quad Channel
Supports ECC	Yes		Yes
Maximum memory size	786,432 MB		1,572,864 MB

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