Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2637

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2637 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
  • 16 more threads: 20 vs 4
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 77.7°C vs 70.0°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 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10525 vs 5775
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 2
Number of threads 20 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 77.7°C vs 70.0°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
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 10525 vs 5775

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2637

  • Around 35% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1654 vs 1486
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1654 vs 1486

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2637

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1486
1654
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
10525
5775
Name Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637
PassMark - Single thread mark 1486 1654
PassMark - CPU mark 10525 5775

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date Q2'15 March 2012
Place in performance rating 1505 1497
Processor Number E5-4620V3 E5-2637
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 3.00 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77.7°C 70.0°C
Maximum frequency 2.60 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 10 2
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 20 4
Die size 294 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 5120 KB (shared)
Transistor count 1270 million
VID voltage range 0.6V - 1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 80 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 4S 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® AVX2 Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
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)