Xeon E7-8830 vs Phenom II X3 P860
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830 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 | Laptop | Server |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | Intel Xeon E7 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Westmere (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) | 5 April 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,280 |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830 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 | 3 (Tri-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 3 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.13 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | QPI |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 6.4 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 24 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 513 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 64 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2600 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830 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 | no data | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | S1 | FCLGA1567,LGA1567 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a) | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 1.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 34.113 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 October 2010 | 5 April 2011 |
| Physical cores | 3 | 8 |
| Threads | 3 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 105 Watt |
Phenom II X3 P860 has 320% lower power consumption.
Xeon E7-8830, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, 166.7% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Phenom II X3 P860 is a notebook processor while Xeon E7-8830 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 P860 and Xeon E7-8830, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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