Core 2 Duo T5870 vs Xeon E5-2670 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking982not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.26no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency5.88no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$927no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads202
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/s800 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache25 MB (shared)2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Die size160 mm2143 mm2
Maximum core temperature82 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1,400 million291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.075V-1.175V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870 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 E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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 E5-2670 v2 11347
+1526%
Core 2 Duo T5870 698

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-2670 v2 504
+132%
Core 2 Duo T5870 217

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-2670 v2 3413
+856%
Core 2 Duo T5870 357

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 1 October 2008
Physical cores 10 2
Threads 20 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2670 v2 has an age advantage of 4 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo T5870, on the other hand, has 228.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2670 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5870. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2670 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Duo T5870 is a notebook one.


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