Xeon E-2478 vs E7-4870 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated310
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data82.50
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data22.22
Architecture codenameHaswell-EX (2015)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 June 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3616
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size160 mm2257 mm2
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 Xeon E-2478 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
Socket1150FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478. 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)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478 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 Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2015 14 December 2023
Physical cores 18 8
Threads 36 16
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon E7-4870 v3 has 125% more physical cores and 125% more threads.

Xeon E-2478, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 75% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-4870 v3 and Xeon E-2478. We've got no test results to judge.


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