Celeron 817 vs Xeon E5-2697 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	845	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.96	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon (Desktop)	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	6.54	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,723	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817 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 cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	8GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	160 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	504 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817 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 configuration	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817 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 E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Celeron 817.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	17 Watt

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