Pentium M 745 vs Xeon E5-2630 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1238	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.49	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Pentium M
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	10 May 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$250	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	12	1
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	400 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	32 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Die size	160 mm2	87 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	144 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.276V-1.34V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	H-PBGA479,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data
FSB parity	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745 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 Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium M 745.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2013	10 May 2004
Physical cores	6	1
Threads	12	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	7 Watt

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