Servers, workstations, and storage solutions based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family deliver the best combination of performance, built-in capabilities, and cost-effectiveness to make data centers more flexible and efficient. From virtualization and cloud computing solutions to design automation or real-time financial transactions, you’ll be delighted by better than ever performance no matter what tasks you face.
Your investment in industry standard technology from Intel combined with innovative solutions from partners help future-proof your data center with infrastructure that grows with your business.
Technology to scale innovative private cloud services
Today’s private clouds enable greater business agility and efficiency by delivering innovative and scalable services that drive value back into the organizations they serve. Building and managing these services require systems that scale to meet your ever changing needs, while delivering solutions to the challenges IT managers face every day. Server and storage platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family are built to be at the heart of today’s data centers and enable powerful, versatile private cloud solutions.
New Intel® Xeon® processor E5: a new performance sweet spot
The Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family support key cloud requirements that make your data center agile and more responsive to changing business needs. Maintaining industry leadership for power efficiency and continuing Intel Xeon processor performance advancements, the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family gives you additional performance when you need it for single- and multi-threaded applications, including increased floating-point performance for technical computing workloads.
Memory | Memory channels | Quad-channel |
| Maximum internal memory supported by processor | 375 GB |
| Memory types supported by processor | DDR3-SDRAM |
| Memory clock speeds supported by processor | 800,1066,1333,1600 MHz |
| ECC | Yes |
Other features | Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) | VT-d, VT-x |
| Maximum internal memory | 375 GB |
| | 384000 MB |
| Cache memory | 10 MB |
Processor special features | Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) | Yes |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 |
| Intel® Smart Cache | Yes |
| Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) | Yes |
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | Yes |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Intel Enhanced Halt State | Yes |
| Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
| Intel Demand Based Switching | Yes |
| Intel 64 | Yes |
| Intel Identity Protection Technology version | 0.00 |
| Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
| Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | Yes |
Logistics data | Harmonized System (HS) code | 8542310001 |
Features | Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
| Idle States | Yes |
| Thermal Monitoring Technologies | Yes |
| Market segment | Server |
| Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 40 |
| PCI Express slots version | 3.0 |
| Supported instruction sets | AVX |
| CPU configuration (max) | 1 |
| PCI Express CEM revision | 3.0 |
| Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) | 5A992C |
| Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) | G077159 |
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Technical details | Processor cache | 10240 KB |
| Product type | Processor |
| Supported memory types | DDR3-SDRAM |
| Born on date | Q1'12 |
| Launch date | Q1'12 |
| Processor core voltage | 0.60 - 1.35 V |
| Product name | Intel Xeon E5-1620 (10M Cache, 3.60 GHz, 0.0 GT/s Intel QPI) |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Maximum memory | 375 GB |
| Processor brand name | Intel Xeon |
| Last change | 63903513 |
| Product family | Intel Xeon Processor E5 Family |
| Bus speed | 0 QPI |
Operational conditions | Tcase | 64 °C |
Processor | Processor family | Intel® Xeon® E5 Family |
| Processor cores | 4 |
| Processor socket | LGA 2011 (Socket R) |
| Processor lithography | 32 nm |
| Processor manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor model | E5-1620 |
| Processor base frequency | 3.6 GHz |
| Processor operating modes | 64-bit |
| Component for | Server/workstation |
| Processor series | Intel Xeon E5-1600 |
| Processor threads | 8 |
| Processor boost frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Processor cache | 10 MB |
| Processor cache type | Smart Cache |
| L3 cache speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 W |
| VID Voltage Range | 0.6 - 1.35 V |
| Stepping | M1 |
| Bus type | QPI |
| CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio) | 38 |
| Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max) | 51.2 GB/s |
| Processor codename | Sandy Bridge EP |
| Processor code | SR0LC |
| Processor ARK ID | 64621 |
Weight & dimensions | Processor package size | 52.5mm x 45mm mm |