Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 vs AMD A10-7870K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-7870K
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 AMD A10-7870K

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 or AMD A10-7870K - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 was released in Q3/2013.

The AMD A10-7870K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7870K was released in Q2/2015.
Intel Xeon E5 (71) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15) CPU group AMD A10-7000 (7)
4 Generation 4
Ivy Bridge EP Architecture Kaveri (Steamroller)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 is 2.10 GHz (2.60 GHz) while the AMD A10-7870K has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-7870K is at 3.90 GHz (4.10 GHz).

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Characteristic AMD A10-7870K
6 Cores 4
12 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.10 GHz Frequency 3.90 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.10 GHz
2.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.10 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Characteristic AMD A10-7870K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 or AMD A10-7870K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri)
GPU frequency 0.86 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 28 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 can use up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The AMD A10-7870K supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Characteristic AMD A10-7870K
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-2133
768 GB Max. Memory
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
15.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
40 PCIe lanes 16
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 is 80 W, while the AMD A10-7870K has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Characteristic AMD A10-7870K
80 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 15.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-7870K is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Characteristic AMD A10-7870K
22 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 2011 Socket FM2+
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2013 Release date Q2/2015
320 $ Release price 135 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
604 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
526 (87%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
4812 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1603 (33%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
8600 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4682 (54%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
98 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
66 (67%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
710 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
250 (35%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz
510 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
3643 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.86 GHz
887 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.10 GHz
1770 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 AMD A10-7870K
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