Xeon E-2278G vs Pentium 4 2.4

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated718
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data28.38
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E
Power efficiencyno data10.71
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release dateApril 2002 (22 years ago)29 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$494

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G 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)
Threads116
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache8 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size146 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data73 °C
Number of transistors55 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket478FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics P630
Max video memoryno data128 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon E-2278G has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 37.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 2.4 and Xeon E-2278G. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 2.4 is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2278G is a server/workstation one.


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