Xeon E5-2620 v3 vs E-2236

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	859	1230
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	37.99	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	no data
Power efficiency	10.46	5.48
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$284	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12	12
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	15 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	149.6 mm2	356 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	73 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 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 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	59 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel UHD Graphics P630

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2236 and Xeon E5-2620 v3.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	40

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.84	4.92
Recency	27 May 2019	8 September 2014
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	85 Watt

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