Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Pentium 350

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon E5
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	21 November 2011 (12 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$61	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus support	no data	2 × 9.6 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	20 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A 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 configuration	1	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1155	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	1,536 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	2	40

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 November 2011	20 June 2016
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	145 Watt

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