Celeron 420 vs Xeon E5-2670 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking880not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.88no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency6.75no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Conroe-L (2007−2008)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,589$23

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads241
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB
L2 cache3 MB512 KB
L3 cache30 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Die size306.18 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data60 °C
Number of transistors4700 Million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA2011LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+-
PAE46 Bitno data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420 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 v3 and Celeron 420 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420.

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 v3 13590
+5683%
Celeron 420 235

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 1
Threads 24 1
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 420, on the other hand, has 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Celeron 420. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2670 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 420 is a desktop one.


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