Xeon E5-2470 v2 vs Pentium Dual-Core E2180

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1023
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data6.70
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Ivy Bridge-EN (2013−2014)
Release dateAugust 2007 (17 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die size77 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data80 °C
Number of transistors105 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 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
Socket775FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data384 GB
Max memory channelsno data3
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Dual-Core E2180 683
Xeon E5-2470 v2 10675
+1463%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Pentium Dual-Core E2180 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2470 v2, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual-Core E2180 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Dual-Core E2180 is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2470 v2 is a server/workstation one.


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