Xeon E7-4820 v2 vs Pentium B970

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2720not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency1.82no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)no data
Release date16 January 2012 (12 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$125no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s7.2 GT/s
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C68 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2 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)4
SocketFCPGA988FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAEno data46 Bit
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size16 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1632

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 January 2012 1 January 2014
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 105 Watt

Pentium B970 has 200% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-4820 v2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium B970 and Xeon E7-4820 v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium B970 is a notebook processor while Xeon E7-4820 v2 is a server/workstation one.


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