Pentium M 780 vs Xeon E3-1290 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1290 v2 outperforms Pentium M 780 by a whopping 1558% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1433 | 3183 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.73 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Pentium M |
| Power efficiency | 4.33 | 0.84 |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Dothan (2004−2005) |
| Release date | 14 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 25 July 2005 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $885 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.26 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 0.03 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | 533 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 32 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 87 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 144 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.26V-1.404V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1155 | PPGA478, H-PBGA479 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 87 Watt | 27 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780 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 E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 32.77 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.98 | 0.24 |
| Recency | 14 May 2012 | 25 July 2005 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 87 Watt | 27 Watt |
Xeon E3-1290 v2 has a 1558.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium M 780, on the other hand, has 222.2% lower power consumption.
The Xeon E3-1290 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 780 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E3-1290 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium M 780 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1290 v2 and Pentium M 780, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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