FX PRO-8800P vs Xeon E5-2680

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1076	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.98	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Series	Xeon (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	2 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,723	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	320 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per module)
L3 cache	20 MB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	435 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2270 Million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P 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	FCLGA2011	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P 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 and FX PRO-8800P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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Radeon R7 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 and FX PRO-8800P.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2012	2 June 2015
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

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