Xeon Phi 7210 vs E5-2428L

Place in the ranking	1165	1290
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	8.43	2.03
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Knights Landing (2016)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	12	256
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	32 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	294 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1,270 million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210 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	2	1
Socket	1356	3647
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	215 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Xeon E5-2428L 5.37
+16.2%

Xeon Phi 7210 4.62

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 E5-2428L 8500
+16.3%

Xeon Phi 7210 7306

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.37	4.62
Recency	14 May 2012	20 June 2016
Physical cores	6	64
Threads	12	256
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	215 Watt

Xeon E5-2428L has a 16.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 258.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7210, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 966.7% more physical cores and 2033.3% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E5-2428L is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Phi 7210 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2428L and Xeon Phi 7210, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.