Athlon X4 750 vs Xeon E5-2620 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1447	2082
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.51	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	4.65	2.40
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192K
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	160 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Athlon X4 750.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	no 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.

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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	3.93	1.65
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

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