FX-6200 vs Xeon E5620
Aggregate performance score
FX-6200 outperforms Xeon E5620 by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1892 | 1806 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.08 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 2.70 | 1.95 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Zambezi (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 16 March 2010 (15 years ago) | 27 February 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $35 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5620 and FX-6200 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 288 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 6144 KB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | 8192 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 239 mm2 | 315 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | 61 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 1,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
| P0 Vcore voltage | no data | Min: 1.3 V - Max: 1.4125 V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5620 and FX-6200 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | AM3+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5620 and FX-6200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5620 and FX-6200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5620 and FX-6200 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5620 and FX-6200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 288 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5620 and FX-6200.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | n/a |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.26 | 2.55 |
| Recency | 16 March 2010 | 27 February 2012 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon E5620 has 33.3% more threads, and 56.3% lower power consumption.
FX-6200, on the other hand, has a 12.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% more physical cores.
The AMD FX-6200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5620 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5620 is a server/workstation processor while FX-6200 is a desktop one.
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