Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 and Intel Xeon E5-2690 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2

Intel Xeon E5-2690

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2

Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 72.0 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 384 GB
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16970 vs 16793

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	75°C vs 72.0 °C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 384 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	16970 vs 16793

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2690

Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1679 vs 1574

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1679 vs 1574

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2690

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1574

1679

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16970

16793

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	Intel Xeon E5-2690
PassMark - Single thread mark	1574	1679
PassMark - CPU mark	16970	16793
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		670
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		253.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.625
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	Intel Xeon E5-2690
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q1'14	March 2012
Place in performance rating	1295	1308
Processor Number	E5-4620V2	E5-2690
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$397
Price now		$159
Value for money (0-100)		25.42
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	2.90 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	72.0 °C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2	2
Number of threads	16	16
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V	0.60V-1.35V
Die size		435 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Transistor count		2270 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	135 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)