Xeon E-2478 vs E7-8870 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8870 v2 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 codenameno dataRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2014 (10 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 E7-8870 v2 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 cores15 (Pentadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3016
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/s16 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data257 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8870 v2 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 configuration81
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8870 v2 and Xeon E-2478. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8870 v2 and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8870 v2 and Xeon E-2478 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8870 v2 and Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1.5 TB128 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/sno data
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 E7-8870 v2 and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes3216

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2014 14 December 2023
Physical cores 15 8
Threads 30 16
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon E7-8870 v2 has 87.5% more physical cores and 87.5% more threads.

Xeon E-2478, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 62.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8870 v2 and Xeon E-2478. We've got no test results to judge.


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