Atom D2700 vs Xeon E3-1270

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1556not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.16no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency3.99no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$369$52

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz0.13 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size216 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1,160 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700 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 configuration11
SocketLGA1155FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data-
HD Audiono data+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB4 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/s6.4 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes204
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

Xeon E3-1270 5352
+1046%
Atom D2700 467

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.

Xeon E3-1270 615
+444%
Atom D2700 113

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.

Xeon E3-1270 2067
+550%
Atom D2700 318

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 1 November 2011
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 10 Watt

Xeon E3-1270 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Atom D2700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1270 and Atom D2700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1270 is a server/workstation processor while Atom D2700 is a notebook one.


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