Xeon E5-2670 v4 vs Athlon X4 740

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2081not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency2.40no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads428
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache192Kno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)3.5 MB
L3 cacheno data35 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2306.18 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 million4700 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFM2no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866no data
Maximum memory sizeno data1,536 GB

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 20 June 2016
Physical cores 4 14
Threads 4 28
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt

Athlon X4 740 has 84.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2670 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 250% more physical cores and 600% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 740 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 740 is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2670 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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