Xeon E6510 vs E3-1270 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1296	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.18	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	5.42	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	no data
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$370	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	1.73 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	12 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	22 nm	no data
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	64 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510. 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	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Xeon E6510.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 June 2013	1 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	105 Watt

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