Phenom II X3 N850 vs Xeon E5-2680 v4
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2680 v4 outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by a whopping 1282% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 914 | 2913 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.85 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon (Desktop) | 3x AMD Phenom II |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell-EP (2016) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (9 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,745 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Phenom II X3 N850 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) | 3 (Tri-Core) |
| Threads | 28 | 3 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | no data |
| Bus rate | 2 × 9.6 GT/s | 3600 MHz |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 448 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | 1.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 35 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 306.18 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 86 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4700 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Phenom II X3 N850 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 | S1 (S1g4) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 1.5 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Phenom II X3 N850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | 86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| 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 Phenom II X3 N850 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Phenom II X3 N850 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 E5-2680 v4 and Phenom II X3 N850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
| 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 Phenom II X3 N850.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.81 | 0.71 |
| Recency | 20 June 2016 | 4 October 2010 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 3 |
| Threads | 28 | 3 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 1 Watt |
Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a 1281.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 366.7% more physical cores and 833.3% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Phenom II X3 N850, on the other hand, has 11900% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Phenom II X3 N850 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2680 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X3 N850 is a notebook one.
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