Pentium B915C vs Xeon E5-1603 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1640	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	2.01	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	28	no data
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	10 MB	2048 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium B915C.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	1 May 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	35 Watt

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