Atom N570 vs Xeon E5-2670

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1136not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.64no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency4.64no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)1 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$145$86

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz1.67 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/s666 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size435 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperature80 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570 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
SocketFCLGA2011FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
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+-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570 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 and Atom N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size384 GB2 GB
Max memory channels41
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel GMA 3150

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570.

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 8966
+2529%
Atom N570 341

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 509
+521%
Atom N570 82

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 3038
+1300%
Atom N570 217

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 1 March 2011
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 8 Watt

Xeon E5-2670 has an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Atom N570, on the other hand, has 1337.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2670 and Atom N570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2670 is a server/workstation processor while Atom N570 is a notebook one.


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