Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1697 vs 1571
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13225 vs 12119

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1697 vs 1571
PassMark - CPU mark	13225 vs 12119

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6

Number of cores	12 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1697

1571

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13225

12119

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1697	1571
PassMark - CPU mark	13225	12119
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	697
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	194.017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	47.998

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3	Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q3'14	September 2013
Place in performance rating	1409	1410
Processor Number	E5-2620V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.6°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	12
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		30720 KB (shared)
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	100 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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)