Xeon E5620 vs E5-2418L

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1696	1699
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.87	0.08
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)
Release date	14 May 2012 (11 years old)	16 March 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35
Current price	$127	$40 (1.1x MSRP)

Xeon E5-2418L has 988% better value for money than Xeon E5620.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.66 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	10240 KB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	294 mm2	239 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	78 °C
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,170 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620 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	2	2
Socket	1356	FCLGA1366,LGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	40 Bit
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	288 GB
Max memory channels	no data	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2418L and Xeon E5620.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.30	2.29
Recency	14 May 2012	16 March 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt

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