GX-210JA vs Xeon E5-4617
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 1424 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.17 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Laptop |
Series | no data | AMD |
Power efficiency | 2.89 | no data |
Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge-EP (2012) | Temash (2013) |
Release date | 14 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $90 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 6 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1 GHz |
Bus rate | 7.2 GT/s | no data |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 15360 KB (shared) | no data |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
Die size | 435 mm2 | no data |
Number of transistors | 2,270 million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA 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 | 4 | no data |
Socket | FCLGA2011 | FT3 BGA |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
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 |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA 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 E5-4617 and GX-210JA. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 384 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA.
PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 14 May 2012 | 23 May 2013 |
Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
Threads | 6 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 6 Watt |
Xeon E5-4617 has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
GX-210JA, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 2066.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5-4617 is a server/workstation processor while GX-210JA is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-4617 and GX-210JA, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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