Celeron N5100 vs Xeon E7-8891 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1881
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data32.81
Architecture codenameno dataJasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 January 2014 (10 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads204
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L2 cacheno data1.5 MB
L3 cache37.5 MB4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 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 configuration81
SocketFCLGA2011FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
PAE46 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR4
Maximum memory size1.5 TB16 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes328
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 11 January 2021
Physical cores 10 4
Threads 20 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E7-8891 v2 has 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Celeron N5100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 120% more advanced lithography process, and 2483.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8891 v2 and Celeron N5100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8891 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N5100 is a notebook one.


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