Xeon E7-8890 v3 vs Pentium D 830

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 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	Desktop processor	Server
Architecture codename	Smithfield (2005)	Haswell-EX (2015)
Release date	May 2005 (19 years ago)	1 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 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)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	2	36
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	9.6 GT/s
L1 cache	28 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	22 nm
Die size	206 mm2	160 mm2
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	79 °C
Number of transistors	169 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 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	2	8
Socket	PLGA775	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	46 Bit
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	1.5 TB
Max memory channels	no data	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	85 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 830 and Xeon E7-8890 v3.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	32

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	18
Threads	2	36
Chip lithography	90 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt

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