Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-08

The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 was released in Q3/2013 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 8 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket LGA 2011. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 achieved a result of 862 points (single-core) or 3,521 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2.
Name:	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
Family:	Intel Xeon E5
CPU group:	Intel Xeon E5 v2
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge EP
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 is 3.70 GHz (3.90 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.90 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 has the no iGPU installed, which has streaming multiprocessors ( shaders).

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 supports a maximum of 256 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 59.7 GB/s.

DDR3-1866	59.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	256 GB
Memory channels:	4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth:	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a TDP of 130 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	130 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 is made in 22 nm and has 10.00 MB cache.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 2011
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	10.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q3/2013
Release price:	280 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz (3.90 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 Core i7-4600M 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	864
	Intel Core i5-4570 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	863
	Intel Xeon Silver 4114 10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	863
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	862
	Intel Xeon W-2102 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	862
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	862
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	861

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 W-2104 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3531
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3528
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3524
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	3521
	Intel Core i7-6820EQ 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	3514
	Intel Core i5-1035G7 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3499
	Intel Core i3-9300 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	3489

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 Core M-5Y51 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	782
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	780
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	779
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	778
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	774
	HiSilicon Kirin 810 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	772
	Intel Celeron 6305E 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	769

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 Core i7-980X 6C 12T @ 3.33 GHz	2847
	Intel Core i3-1110G4 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2838
	Intel Xeon W-2102 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	2836
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	2829
	Intel Core i7-4765T 4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2821
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz	2819
	Intel Core i5-4440S 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2806

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Core i7-3770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	286
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M 24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz	286
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	286
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	284
	Intel Xeon Silver 4116 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	284
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	282
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	282

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1481
	Intel Core i7-4810MQ 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1476
	Intel Core i5-4670K 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1456
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1449
	Intel Core i3-8100 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1444
	Intel Core i7-8705G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	1439
	Intel Core i7-3770 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1419

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 E-2244G 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	9567
	Intel Core i3-N300 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	9534
	AMD Ryzen 5 2500X 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	9503
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	9500
	Intel Core i3-10325 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	9468
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	9463
	Intel Core i5-9400 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	9463

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 Core i5-8365U 4C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	1853
	Intel Core i7-4820K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1851
	Intel Core i5-8300H 4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1833
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1829
	Intel Core i7-3770 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1828
	Intel Core i5-8350U 4C 8T @ 1.70 GHz	1821
	Intel Core i7-6820HK 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	1802

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 Core i7-5775R 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	154
	Intel Core i7-6700T 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	154
	Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	154
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	153
	Intel Core i7-4980HQ 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	153
	Intel Core i3-8109U 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	153
	Intel Core i5-7360U 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	153

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 1400 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	731
	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	731
	Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	731
	Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	730
	Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	728
	Intel Core i7-4790 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	728
	Intel Core i7-4820K 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	728

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
641 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
588 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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