E1-2100 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	818	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Xeon	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	7.31	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100 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 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	3072 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	30 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	356 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	5,560 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100 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	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100 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 E1-2100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon HD 8210
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and E1-2100.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
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	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	9 Watt

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