Xeon Phi 7290 vs E5-2620

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1566not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.73no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.32no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Knights Landing (2016)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads12288
Base clock speed2 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)32 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA20113647
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt245 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no 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 E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Xeon Phi 7290.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 20 June 2016
Physical cores 6 72
Threads 12 288
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 245 Watt

Xeon E5-2620 has 157.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7290, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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