Xeon Phi 7235 vs E5-1620 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1277	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.85	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Xeon Phi
Power efficiency	3.14	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)	Knights Mill (2017)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	18 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$294	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235 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)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	8	256
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	15
L1 cache	64K (per core)	4 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	10 MB (shared)	0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.550-1.2V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	SVLCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	384 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	102.381 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v4 and Xeon Phi 7235.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	36

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	18 December 2017
Physical cores	4	64
Threads	8	256
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	250 Watt

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