Xeon W-3365 vs E5-1620 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1383	86
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.10	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	3.00	13.03
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-E (2013)	Ice Lake-W (2021)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	29 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$315	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	8	64
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	0 GT/s	8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	10 MB (shared)	48 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	81 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365 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
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365 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 Xeon W-3365. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	256 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v2 and Xeon W-3365.

PCIe version	3.0	4
PCI Express lanes	40	64

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	4.28	38.58
Recency	1 September 2013	29 July 2021
Physical cores	4	32
Threads	8	64
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	270 Watt

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