Sempron 2600+ vs Xeon E5-1620

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1477not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.67no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.69no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-E (2011−2013)Palermo (2001−2005)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$313$60

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+ 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz1.83 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256K
L3 cache10240 KB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm130 nm
Die size294 mm2144 mm2
Maximum core temperature64 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,270 million69 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+ 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA2011754
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size375 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-1620 5862
+2217%
Sempron 2600+ 253

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 62 Watt

Xeon E5-1620 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

Sempron 2600+, on the other hand, has 109.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-1620 and Sempron 2600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1620 is a server/workstation processor while Sempron 2600+ is a desktop one.


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