Celeron 900 vs Xeon E5-2680 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	694	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.95	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	8.79	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)	no data
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,745	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	no data
Threads	28	no data
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	448 KB	no data
L2 cache	3.5 MB	no data
L3 cache	35 MB	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	306.18 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	4700 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900 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 v4 and Celeron 900 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 E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Celeron 900.

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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Recency	20 June 2016	1 January 2009
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

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