Athlon X2 QL-67 vs Xeon E3-1270 v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1157	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.90	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	2x AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Skylake-DT (2015)	Lion (2008−2009)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$339	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4000 MHz
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	122 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,750 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA1151	S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 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 Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	N/A	no data
Max resolution over eDP	N/A	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	N/A	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v5 and Athlon X2 QL-67.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 October 2015	1 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	35 Watt

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