Xeon E7-8837 vs Opteron 244

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Primary details

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Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Westmere-EX (2011)
Release dateApril 2003 (22 years ago)3 April 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,280

Detailed specifications

Opteron 244 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 speed1.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm32 nm
Die size193 mm2513 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistors106 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 244 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 configuration28 (Multiprocessor)
Socket940LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 244 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)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Opteron 244 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 Opteron 244 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 Opteron 244 and Xeon E7-8837. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 130 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 130 Watt

Opteron 244 has 52.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8837, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between AMD Opteron 244 and Intel Xeon E7-8837. We've got no test results to judge.

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