Xeon E7-2870 vs E5-2680 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking809not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency7.44no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,227

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate9.6 GT/s6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die size356 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistors5,560 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870 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 configuration22 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.01.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870 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 E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Xeon E7-2870.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 3 April 2011
Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 130 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v3 has an age advantage of 3 years, 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 8.3% lower power consumption.

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