Xeon E7-2820 vs E5-2680 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking691not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.02no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon E7
Power efficiency8.80no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,745$1,334

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2816
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.27 GHz
Bus typeQPIQPI
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s5.86 GT/s
Multiplier2415
L1 cache448 KB512 KB
L2 cache3.5 MB2 MB
L3 cache35 MB18 MB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size306.18 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °C64 °C
Number of transistors4700 Million2600 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820 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)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.01.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
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 Xeon E7-2820 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 E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 v4 and Xeon E7-2820.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 5 April 2011
Physical cores 14 8
Threads 28 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 v4 has an age advantage of 5 years, 75% more physical cores and 75% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon E7-2820, on the other hand, has 14.3% lower power consumption.

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