Pentium 2020M vs Xeon W3670
Aggregate performance score
Xeon W3670 outperforms Pentium 2020M by a whopping 355% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1657 | 2837 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.68 | 0.07 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 3.00 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Gulftown (2010−2011) | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 29 August 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 September 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $295 | $134 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon W3670 has 871% better value for money than Pentium 2020M.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.46 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 239 mm2 | 118 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 68 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1366 | FCPGA988 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| My WiFi | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3670 and Pentium 2020M.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.64 | 0.80 |
| Recency | 29 August 2010 | 1 September 2012 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon W3670 has a 355% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.
Pentium 2020M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon W3670 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 2020M in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon W3670 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 2020M is a notebook one.
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