Atom Z605 vs Xeon E5-2680 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking704not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.98no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)Intel Atom
Power efficiency8.76no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Lincroft (2010−2011)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)4 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads281
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz1 GHz
Bus typeQPIcDMI
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s400 MT/s
Multiplier2410
L1 cache448 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache3.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache35 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size306.18 mm265.2526 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistors4700 Million140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011Intel BGA 518
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt2.2 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605 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 E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605 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 E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size1.5 TB2 GB
Max memory channels41
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s3.2 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataPowerVR SGX535

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 4 May 2010
Physical cores 14 1
Threads 28 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 2 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has an age advantage of 6 years, 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Atom Z605, on the other hand, has 5900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Atom Z605. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2680 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Atom Z605 is a notebook one.


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