Xeon E-2124 vs E5620

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5620
2010
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
2.35

Xeon E-2124 outperforms Xeon E5620 by an impressive 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18091343
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0816.72
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E
Power efficiency2.685.81
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)12 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$35$193

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2124 has 20800% better value for money than Xeon E5620.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size239 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1,170 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size288 GB128 GB
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5620 and Xeon E-2124.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon E5620 2.35
Xeon E-2124 4.52
+92.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5620 3590
Xeon E-2124 6915
+92.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5620 367
Xeon E-2124 1453
+296%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5620 1468
Xeon E-2124 3884
+165%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.35 4.52
Recency 16 March 2010 12 July 2018
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 71 Watt

Xeon E5620 has 100% more threads.

Xeon E-2124, on the other hand, has a 92.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 12.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E-2124 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5620 in performance tests.


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