Intel Xeon E-2278GEL: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E-2278GEL provides acceptable benchmark performance at 7.86% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon E-2278GEL sales 11 June 2019 at a recommended price of $519. This is a Coffee Lake-S WS architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1151 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.
Primary details
Xeon E-2278GEL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 959 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 17.29 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 20.48 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019) | |
| Release date | 11 June 2019 (5 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $519 | of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E-2278GEL compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 1151 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2278GEL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| TSX | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E-2278GEL's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E-2278GEL.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics P630 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E-2278GEL. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E-2278GEL is Opteron 6278, which is faster by 14% and higher by 93 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon E-2278GEL, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon E-2278GEL in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1 configurations using Xeon E-2278GEL in our database.
