Pentium III 550E vs Xeon E5-2695 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	645	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.52	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	9.50	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	25 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,424	$368

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	36	1
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	0.55 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	no data	32 KB
L2 cache	4.5 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	45 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	106 mm2
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	85 °C
Number of transistors	7200 Million	28 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E 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)	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	370
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E. 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)	+	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 E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E. 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	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Pentium III 550E.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	25 October 1999
Physical cores	18	1
Threads	36	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

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