Xeon E7-4870 vs E5-2690

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon E7-4870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1093not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.92no data
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency4.29no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Westmere-EX (2011)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$397$4,394

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1620
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate8 GT/s6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size435 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °C69 °C
Number of transistors2,270 million2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 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)
SocketFCLGA2011LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon E7-4870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.01.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon E7-4870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon E7-4870 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon E7-4870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size384 GB2 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon E7-4870.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 3 April 2011
Physical cores 8 10
Threads 16 20
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 130 Watt

Xeon E5-2690 has an age advantage of 11 months.

Xeon E7-4870, on the other hand, has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and 3.8% lower power consumption.

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