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| Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs E5-2620 v3 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2689
- 2.6 GHz
- Octa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2689
![]() | Much more l3 cache 20 MB | ![]() | Significantly higher clock speed 2.6 GHz |
![]() | More threads 16 |
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Released July, 2014
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
- 2.4 GHz
- Hexa core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the E5-2620 v3
![]() | Significantly lower typical power consumption 69.06W | ![]() | Newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
![]() | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 74.46 $/year | ![]() | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 20.48 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much 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 | |||
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Significantly higher clock speed | 2.6 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
More threads | 16 | vs | 12 | 4 more threads | |||
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Significantly lower typical power consumption | 69.06W | vs | 93.44W | More than 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
Newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 74.46 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | More than 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 20.48 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | More than 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Newer | Jul, 2014 | vs | Mar, 2012 | Release date over 2 years later |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2689 vs E5-2620 v3
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2689
36,294
Xeon E5-2620 v3
14,662
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2689
2,912
Xeon E5-2620 v3
2,702
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-2689
2,360,000 MB/s
Xeon E5-2620 v3
2,750,000 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon E5-2689
19,521
Xeon E5-2620 v3
9,977
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon E5-2689
2,091
Xeon E5-2620 v3
1,683
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2689 | vs | E5-2620 v3 |
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Clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Cores | Octa core | Hexa 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 | E5-2620 v3 |
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Threads | 16 | 12 | |
L3 cache | 20 MB | 15 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 22 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 | 12.6 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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