Pentium 4 660 vs Xeon E-2136

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	890	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.58	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E	Pentium 4
Power efficiency	10.01	no data
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Prescott 2M
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$289	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	12	1
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	800 MHz
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	1.5 MB	no data
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Die size	154 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	71 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA1151	PLGA775,PPGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
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	-
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel UHD Graphics P630

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2136 and Pentium 4 660.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	1
Threads	12	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt

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