Xeon E7-4870 vs E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking827not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeonIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency7.31no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date2015 (9 years ago)3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,394

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3072 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die size356 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data69 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)84 °Cno data
Number of transistors5,560 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA2011-3LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon E7-4870.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 10
Threads 24 20
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 130 Watt

Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 8.3% lower power consumption.

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