Xeon E7-8870 v3 vs Pentium B970

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2686	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.85	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date	1 January 2012 (12 years ago)	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3 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)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	2	36
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	131 mm2	160 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	75 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3 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 (Uniprocessor)	8
Socket	FCPGA988	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	no data	46 Bit
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	1.5 TB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	85 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-8870 v3.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	32

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2012	1 June 2015
Physical cores	2	18
Threads	2	36
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt

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