Pentium G4400T vs Xeon E5-1620 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1386	2154
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.08	0.18
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	3.00	3.98
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-E (2013)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$315	$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-1620 v2 has 1056% better value for money than Pentium G4400T.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	0 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	29
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	10 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	98.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size	256 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics 510
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Pentium G4400T.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.20	1.50
Recency	1 September 2013	1 September 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

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