E1-1200 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	752	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.87	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Xeon	AMD E-Series
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	6 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$146	$74

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200 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	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.4 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3072 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	40 nm
Die size	356 mm2	75 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	5,560 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200 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	LGA2011-3	FT1
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR3-1066 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 2 [?], MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerNow	no data	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3, DDR4

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 7310

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-1200.

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	18 Watt

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