Xeon E-2478 vs Pentium E6500K

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	311
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	82.50
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	no data	22.22
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478 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	2	16
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	16 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	82 mm2	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-
VID voltage range	0.85V – 1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478 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	1
Socket	LGA775	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6500K and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe version	2.0	5
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 August 2009	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt

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