Xeon E5-4620 v4 vs Core 2 Duo E6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2808not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,668

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate1066 MHz2 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L2 cacheno data2.5 MB
L3 cacheno data25 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistorsno data3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data4 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6600 has 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-4620 v4, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6600 and Xeon E5-4620 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6600 is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-4620 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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