Xeon E-2234 vs Pentium G620

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2907	1315
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.43	5.85
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon E
Power efficiency	0.46	3.24
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release date	22 May 2011 (14 years ago)	29 May 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	$250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium G620 has 27% better value for money than Xeon E-2234.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	36
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1155	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare UHD Graphics P630 and HD Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	Intel UHD Graphics P630
Clear Video HD	-	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	-	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	N/A
Max resolution over eDP	no data	N/A
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	N/A
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G620 and Xeon E-2234.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmarks

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.70	5.41
Integrated graphics card	0.72	5.89
Recency	22 May 2011	29 May 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	71 Watt

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