Pentium 4 HT 571 vs Xeon E5-2620 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1432not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.42no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency4.66no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)June 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$417no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)16 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache15 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm90 nm
Die size160 mm2109 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million125 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA2011775
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571 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 E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 6 1
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 115 Watt

Xeon E5-2620 v2 has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 309.1% more advanced lithography process, and 43.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2620 v2 and Pentium 4 HT 571. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2620 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 4 HT 571 is a desktop one.


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