Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

Price

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$ 52.00

$ 30.00

$ 22.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2266 points

2286 points

0.88% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4112 points

14% slightly better gaming score

3603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1744 points

1895 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1673 points

1822 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.68 points

49.31 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3261 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2305 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1162 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

633 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3344 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2380 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

645 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

Identical

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

54% significantly lower TDP

130 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

256 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

670th of 1,089

665th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-4690 vs Xeon E5-1620 v2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-1620 v2 beats the Core i5-4690 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4690 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1620 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4690. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-4690 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-1620 v2 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.