E2-1800 vs Xeon E5-2670 v3
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 863 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.29 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | AMD E-Series |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) | Zacate (2010−2013) |
| Release date | 8 September 2014 (10 years ago) | 20 March 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,589 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | no data |
| Bus rate | 2 × 9.6 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 30 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 306.18 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4700 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800 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 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800 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 E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 7340 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 September 2014 | 20 March 2012 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 2 |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 18 Watt |
Xeon E5-2670 v3 has an age advantage of 2 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 81.8% more advanced lithography process.
E2-1800, on the other hand, has 566.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2670 v3 is a server/workstation processor while E2-1800 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2670 v3 and E2-1800, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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