Xeon E5-2670 v4 vs Pentium M 780

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3169not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesPentium MIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date25 July 2005 (19 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 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 cores1 (Single-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed2.26 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate533 MHz2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache32 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB3.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB35 MB
Chip lithography90 nm14 nm
Die size87 mm2306.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors144 million4700 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.26V-1.404Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketPPGA478, H-PBGA479no data
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 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 M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2no data
Maximum memory sizeno data1,536 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 v4.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2005 20 June 2016
Physical cores 1 14
Threads 1 28
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 120 Watt

Pentium M 780 has 344.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2670 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium M 780 and Xeon E5-2670 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium M 780 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2670 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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