Xeon Gold 5512U vs E7-2870

VS

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated79
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data97.62
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E7no data
Power efficiencyno data19.43
Architecture codenameWestmere-EX (2011)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,227$1,230

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads2056
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)52.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size513 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °C89 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U 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
SocketLGA1567FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
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 E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 14 December 2023
Physical cores 10 28
Threads 20 56
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon E7-2870 has 42.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5512U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 180% more physical cores and 180% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E7-2870 and Xeon Gold 5512U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Xeon E7-2870
Xeon E7-2870
Intel Xeon Gold 5512U
Xeon Gold 5512U

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.7 3 votes

Rate Xeon E7-2870 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.5 2 votes

Rate Xeon Gold 5512U on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Xeon E7-2870 or Xeon Gold 5512U, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.