Xeon E5-2670 v4 vs E5520

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2096not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.58no data
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency1.88no data
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$19no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads828
Base clock speed2.26 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.53 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)3.5 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)35 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size263 mm2306.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Number of transistors731 million4700 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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 configuration22 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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 E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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 E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size144 GB1,536 GB
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 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 E5520 and Xeon E5-2670 v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 20 June 2016
Physical cores 4 14
Threads 8 28
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon E5520 has 50% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2670 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

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