Xeon E5-2470 v2 vs Pentium B980

Place in the ranking	2715	1026
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.86	6.70
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Ivy Bridge-EN (2013−2014)
Release date	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	2	20
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	131 mm²	160 mm²
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	80 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	+
PAE	no data	46 Bit
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	384 GB
Max memory channels	2	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	24

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium B980 0.69

Xeon E5-2470 v2 6.75
+878%

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.

Pentium B980 1087

Xeon E5-2470 v2 10675
+882%

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.

Pentium B980 371

Xeon E5-2470 v2 479
+29.1%

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.

Pentium B980 637

Xeon E5-2470 v2 3160
+396%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.69	6.75
Recency	1 September 2012	1 September 2013
Physical cores	2	10
Threads	2	20
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Pentium B980 has 171.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2470 v2, on the other hand, has a 878.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E5-2470 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B980 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium B980 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2470 v2 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B980 and Xeon E5-2470 v2, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.