Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 vs AMD Turion II Ultra M620

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

AMD Turion II Ultra M620

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

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: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1106 vs 945
8.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7181 vs 814

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106 vs 945
PassMark - CPU mark	7181 vs 814

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II Ultra M620

Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
CPU 2: AMD Turion II Ultra M620

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1106

945

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7181

814

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2	AMD Turion II Ultra M620
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106	945
PassMark - CPU mark	7181	814
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1487
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2503

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2	AMD Turion II Ultra M620
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Caspian
Launch date	Q3'13	10 September 2009
Place in performance rating	1962	1958
Processor Number	E5-2628LV2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	AMD Turion II Ultra
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	92°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	2
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L2 cache		2048 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S Only
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® AVX
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)