U300 vs Xeon E7-4870 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1176
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data8.99
Architecture codenameHaswell-EX (2015)no data
Release date1 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)no data
Threads366
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache45 MB (shared)8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 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 configuration41
Socket1150FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2015 1 January 2023
Threads 36 6
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon E7-4870 v3 has 500% more threads.

U300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 154.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-4870 v3 and U300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-4870 v3 is a server/workstation processor while U300 is a notebook one.


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