Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 vs AMD Turion II Ultra M620

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 and AMD Turion II Ultra M620 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 14 more threads: 16 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1092 vs 945
  • 9.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7447 vs 814
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1092 vs 945
PassMark - CPU mark 7447 vs 814

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II Ultra M620

  • Around 47% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 1.70 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4
CPU 2: AMD Turion II Ultra M620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1092
945
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7447
814
Name Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 AMD Turion II Ultra M620
PassMark - Single thread mark 1092 945
PassMark - CPU mark 7447 814
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1487
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2503

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 AMD Turion II Ultra M620

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Caspian
Launch date Q1'16 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 1961 1958
Processor Number E5-2608LV4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family AMD Turion II Ultra
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.60 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 94°C
Maximum frequency 1.70 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 16 2
VID voltage range 0
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L2 cache 2048 KB

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
PowerNow

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)