Xeon E7-8867 v4 vs Celeron 2957U

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2835not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency3.40no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)no data
Release date1 January 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 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 cores2 (Dual-core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads236
Base clock speed1.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/s9.6 GT/s
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache2 MB45 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 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 configuration18
SocketFCBGA1168FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
PAEno data46 Bit
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size16 GB3 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1032
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 1 April 2016
Physical cores 2 18
Threads 2 36
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 165 Watt

Celeron 2957U has 1000% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8867 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2957U and Xeon E7-8867 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2957U is a notebook processor while Xeon E7-8867 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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