Xeon E7-8837 vs Atom Z620

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Xeon E7
Architecture codenameLincroft (2010−2011)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date4 May 2010 (14 years ago)5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,280

Detailed specifications

Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837 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 cores1 (Single-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed0.9 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typecDMIQPI
Bus rate400 MT/s6.4 GT/s
Multiplier920
L1 cache64K (per core)512 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB24 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size65.2526 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data69 °C
Number of transistors140 million2600 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA 518LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)1.3 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size2 GB4 TB
Max memory channels14
Maximum memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardPowerVR SGX535no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2010 5 April 2011
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 1 Watt 130 Watt

Atom Z620 has 12900% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8837, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z620 and Xeon E7-8837. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom Z620 is a notebook processor while Xeon E7-8837 is a server/workstation one.


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