Celeron 847 vs Xeon E5-2690 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	869	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.12	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	6.18	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,697	$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847 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	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	20	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	8 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	11
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	25 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	160 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	88 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847 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 E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Graphics max frequency	no data	800 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Celeron 847.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	16

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	1 September 2013	19 June 2011
Physical cores	10	2
Threads	20	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	17 Watt

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