Xeon E7-4870 vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Xeon E7
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	$4,394

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870 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	1 (Single-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	2	20
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	QPI
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	12	18
L1 cache	56 KB	640 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2.56 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	30 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	513 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	2600 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870 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 (Uniprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	PBGA437	LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Xeon E7-4870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size	8 GB	2 TB
Max memory channels	no data	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	5 April 2011
Physical cores	1	10
Threads	2	20
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	130 Watt

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