Xeon E5-2620

General

Manufacturer

Intel

Family

Xeon E5

Codename

Sandy Bridge EP

Type

Server

Instruction set

x86-64

Release date

March 2012

Launch price

US$ 406

Socket

LGA 2011

Memory

DDR3-1333

Product page

intel.com ↗

Performance

Cores

6

Threads

12

Base clock

2 GHz

Boost clock

2.5 GHz

L2 cache

1.5 MB

L3 cache

15 MB

TDP

95 W

Process

32 nm

Extensions

MMXSSESSE2SSE3SSSE3SSE4.1SSE4.2AESAVX

SPEC CPU

SPECrate 2017 Integer (base)

37.5 · 2P ↗

SPECrate 2017 Floating Point (base)

36.1 · 2P ↗

Highest published base result on a system with one processor. Each score links to its result at spec.org; retrieved Nov 10, 2026.

“2P” marks a result from a system with two of these processors, shown when none was published with one.

SPEC CPU 2017 was retired in November 2026: no new results are published, and its scores cannot be compared with SPEC CPU 2026.

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