Xeon E5-4620 v4: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-4620 v4 sales 20 June 2016 at a recommended price of $1,668. This is a Broadwell architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 10 cores and 20 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-4620 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,668	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	20
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus type	QPI
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L2 cache	2.5 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	25 MB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 nm (EPYC 9845)
Die size	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Number of transistors	3200 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4620 v4 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4620 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	-
PAE	46 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-4620 v4's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels	4	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes	40	of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-4620 v4. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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