Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-620

Xeon E5-2630 v2 vs Xeon E5-620 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 performs better than the Xeon E5-620. Despite this, the Xeon E5-620 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Xeon E5-620 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-620. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-620. Also, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.