Xeon 6979P vs Pentium 1403 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2191not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.70no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EN (2013−2014)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date9 January 2014 (10 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P 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)120
Threads2240
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)504 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm5 nm
Die size133 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °C80 °C
Number of transistors1,008 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.65-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P 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
Socket13567529
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR5
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 1403 v2 and Xeon 6979P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes2496

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2014 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 120
Threads 2 240
Chip lithography 22 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 500 Watt

Pentium 1403 v2 has 525% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6979P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 5900% more physical cores and 11900% more threads, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.

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