Celeron N4000C vs Xeon E5-2620 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1225	2537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	5.47	13.98
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	no data
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	1 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	105 deg C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C 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	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics 600
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	650 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 v3 and Celeron N4000C.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	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	5.10	0.92
Recency	8 September 2014	1 April 2019
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	6 Watt

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