Pentium 907 vs Xeon E5-2630 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1261	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.50	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	5.56	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$250	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	15 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	160 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	504 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907 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 E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907 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 E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	768 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v2 and Pentium 907.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	17 Watt

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