i5-10400F vs Xeon E7-4830

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	604	912
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.27	24.23
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Power efficiency	11.34	11.94
Architecture codename	Westmere (2010−2011)	Comet Lake (2020)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,059	$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-10400F has 641% better value for money than Xeon E7-4830.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F 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	8 (Octa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	12
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	16	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	64 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	2600 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F 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 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA1567	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	DDR4
Maximum memory size	2 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.06	8.51
Recency	5 April 2011	30 April 2020
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

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