HD Graphics 520 vs Xeon E7-8850
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon E7 | Intel HD Graphics |
| Architecture codename | Westmere-EX (2011) | Gen9 |
| Release date | 3 April 2011 (13 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,059 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520 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 | 10 (Deca-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 20 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 0.35 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | no data |
| Bus rate | 6.4 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 15 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 30 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm |
| Die size | 513 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 69 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520 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 | 8 (Multiprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | LGA1567 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520 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 E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520 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 E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | 32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.113 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
HD Graphics 520 has a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E7-8850 is a server/workstation processor while HD Graphics 520 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E7-8850 and HD Graphics 520, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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