Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs E5-2620V4 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2689
- 2.6 GHz
- Octa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2689
 | Higher clock speed 2.6 GHz | | Much better performance per watt 10.97 pt/W |
| | Much better PassMark score 19,521 | | Better PassMark (Single core) score 2,091 |
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Released January, 2016
Intel E5-2620V4
- 2.1 GHz
- Octa core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the E5-2620V4
| | Much newer manufacturing process 14 nm | | Significantly lower typical power consumption 69.06W |
| | Newer Jan, 2016 | | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 20.48 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 2.6 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz | Around 25% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much better performance per watt | 10.97 pt/W | vs | 2.54 pt/W | More than 4.2x better performance per watt | |||
| Much better PassMark score | 19,521 | vs | 11,389 | More than 70% better PassMark score | |||
| Better PassMark (Single core) score | 2,091 | vs | 1,527 | More than 35% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 14 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 69.06W | vs | 93.44W | More than 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2016 | vs | Mar, 2012 | Release date over 3 years later | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 20.48 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | More than 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 74.46 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | More than 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2689 vs E5-2620V4
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2689 | vs | E5-2620V4 |
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| Clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.1 GHz | |
| Cores | Octa core | Octa core | |
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 | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Xeon E5-2689 | vs | E5-2620V4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 16 | 16 | |
| L3 cache | 20 MB | 20 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 14 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 115W | 85W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 27.7 $/year | 20.48 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 100.74 $/year | 74.46 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 10.97 pt/W | 2.54 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 93.44W | 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 | |
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