Xeon E5-2609 v2: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E5-2609 v2
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 80 Watt
2.13

Xeon E5-2609 v2 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.13% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-2609 v2 sales 1 September 2013 at a recommended price of $396. This is an Ivy Bridge-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 80 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-2609 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1860
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.38
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency2.51of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$396of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed2.5 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate6.4 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache10 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size160 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Number of transistors1,400 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2609 v2 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration2of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2609 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access-
Demand Based Switching+
PAE46 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2609 v2's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size768 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes40of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2609 v2. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon E5-2609 v2 2.13

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2609 v2 3369

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-2609 v2 387

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-2609 v2 1105

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E5-2609 v2's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon E5-4603 100.47
Xeon E5-2609 v2 100
Xeon W5590 99.06
Xeon X5570 98.12
Xeon L5609 97.65

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E5-2609 v2 is Opteron 4386, which is slower by 3% and lower by 29 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E5-2609 v2:

Opteron 3365 121.6
Opteron 4334 117.37
Xeon E5-2609 v2 100
Opteron 4386 97.18

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