Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 6
  • 16 more threads: 28 vs 12
  • Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 82.5°C vs 72.6°C
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14256 vs 13211
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 6
Number of threads 28 vs 12
Maximum core temperature 82.5°C vs 72.6°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 14256 vs 13211

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
  • Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1696 vs 1558
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1696 vs 1558

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1558
1696
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14256
13211
Name Intel Xeon E5-4660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 1558 1696
PassMark - CPU mark 14256 13211
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 E5-4660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Haswell
Launch date Q2'15 Q3'14
Place in performance rating 1410 1404
Processor Number E5-4660V3 E5-2620V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 82.5°C 72.6°C
Maximum frequency 2.90 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 14 6
Number of QPI Links 2 2
Number of threads 28 12
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 4 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s 59 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4 1600/1866

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 2
Package Size 52.5mm x 51mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 4S 2S

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® AVX2
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 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
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)