Xeon D-1846 vs E5-1620 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1386not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.08no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.00no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-E (2013)no data
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$315no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads820
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache10 MB (shared)15360 KB
Chip lithography22 nmno data
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCBGA2227
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size256 GB256 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon D-1846.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4016
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 10
Threads 8 20
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon D-1846 has an age advantage of 10 years, 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads, and 136.4% lower power consumption.

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