Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690

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Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 Intel Xeon E5 2690

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 with 6 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-1866 vs DDR3)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (85W vs 135W)

Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 15MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3

1032

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +5%

1084

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3

3719

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +156%

9549

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3

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Intel Xeon E5 2690

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

85 W

Power Consumption

135 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

435 mm²

FC-LGA12A

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

3

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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