Atom Z670 vs Xeon E5640
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1699 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.85 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Lincroft (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 16 March 2010 (14 years ago) | 11 April 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $49 | $75 |
| Current price | $68 (1.4x MSRP) | $900 (12x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.93 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 400 MT/s |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 239 mm2 | 65 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 140 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670 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 | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | T-PBGA518 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 3 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 288 GB | 2.93 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 3.2 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | PowerVR SGX535 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670 integrated GPUs.
| LVDS | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI support | no data | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon E5640 outperforms Atom Z670 by 2243% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 March 2010 | 11 April 2011 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Cost | $49 | $75 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 3 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5640 is a server/workstation processor while Atom Z670 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5640 and Atom Z670, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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