Xeon E-2478 vs Atom Z600

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated314
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data82.64
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data22.22
Architecture codenameLincroft (2010−2011)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date4 May 2010 (14 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478 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 cores1 (Single-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus typecDMIno data
Bus rate400 MT/s16 GT/s
Multiplier8no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size65.2526 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperature+90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors140 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketT-PBGA518FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)1.3 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access-no data
AMT-no data
Matrix Storage-no data
Quiet System-no data
Quick Resume-no data
HD Audio-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 GB128 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth3.2 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardPowerVR SGX535N/A
Max video memory256 MBno data
Clear Video+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478 integrated GPUs.

LVDS+no data
MIPI+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe versionNone5
PCI Express lanesno data16
PCI support-no data
USB revision2.0no data
Integrated IDENoneno data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LANNoneno data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2010 14 December 2023
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 1 Watt 80 Watt

Atom Z600 has 7900% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2478, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z600 and Xeon E-2478. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom Z600 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2478 is a server/workstation one.


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