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| Intel Xeon E5-4620 vs E5-2690 |
Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-4620
- 2.2 GHz
- Octa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-4620
![]() | Significantly lower typical power consumption 77.19W | ![]() | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 4 |
![]() | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year | ![]() | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year |
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Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2690
- 2.9 GHz
- Octa core
Reasons to buy the E5-2690
![]() | Much higher clock speed 2.9 GHz | ![]() | Much higher turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz |
![]() | Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,853 | ![]() | Much more l3 cache 20 MB |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Significantly lower typical power consumption | 77.19W | vs | 109.69W | Around 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
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Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | vs | 118.26 $/year | Around 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | vs | 32.52 $/year | Around 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Much higher clock speed | 2.9 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | More than 30% higher clock speed | |||
Much higher turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 45% higher turbo clock speed | |||
Much better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,853 | vs | 1,232 | More than 50% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
Much more l3 cache | 20 MB | vs | 16 MB | 25% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.53 GHz | vs | 2.32 GHz | More than 50% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.92 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | Around 80% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
More l3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | vs | 2 MB/core | 25% more l3 cache per core |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-4620 vs E5-2690
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-4620
61,522
Xeon E5-2690
28,226
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-4620
2,608
Xeon E5-2690
2,646
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon E5-4620
1,830 MB/s
Xeon E5-2690
1,975,000 MB/s
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon E5-4620
8,127
Xeon E5-2690
14,178
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon E5-4620
1,232
Xeon E5-2690
1,853
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-4620 | vs | E5-2690 |
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Clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.9 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz | |
Cores | Octa core | Octa 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 | 95W | 135W | |
Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 32.52 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 118.26 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 5.25 pt/W | 7.64 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 109.69W | |
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Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
Data rate | 57,600 MB/s | 64,000 MB/s | |
Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 8,000 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 4,000 MHz |
details | Xeon E5-4620 | vs | E5-2690 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 16 | 16 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 16 MB | 20 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 4 | 2 | |
Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 0 | 7 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 2.32 GHz | 3.53 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.2 GHz | 3.92 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.32 GHz | 3.53 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 | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 42,666.64 MB/s | 51,200 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 393,216 MB |
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