Celeron 897 vs Xeon E5-4610

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1398not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency2.96no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate7.2 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache15 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size435 mm2131 mm2
Number of transistors2,270 million504 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897 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 configuration41 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897 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 E5-4610 and Celeron 897 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 E5-4610 and Celeron 897. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size384 GB16 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/s21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 17 Watt

Xeon E5-4610 has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Celeron 897, on the other hand, has 458.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-4610 and Celeron 897. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-4610 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 897 is a notebook one.


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