Xeon 7120M vs E5-2450

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1256	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.76	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	4.72	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Tulsa (2006)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	August 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	0 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	294 mm2	435 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	60 °C
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1328 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.1V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M 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	FCLGA1356	PPGA604
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	+	-
FSB parity	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M 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 E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Xeon 7120M.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	24	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm

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