Intel Pentium D1508 vs Intel Xeon E5-2470

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium D1508 and Intel Xeon E5-2470 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium D1508

Intel Xeon E5-2470

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D1508

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1760 vs 1410

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760 vs 1410

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
3x more maximum memory size: 384 GB vs 128 GB
4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14464 vs 3240

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Maximum memory size	384 GB vs 128 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	14464 vs 3240

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium D1508
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2470

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1760

1410

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3240

14464

Name	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E5-2470
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760	1410
PassMark - CPU mark	3240	14464

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E5-2470
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date	Q4'15	May 2012
Place in performance rating	1469	1476
Processor Number	D1508	E5-2470
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor D Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,480
Price now		$316.72
Value for money (0-100)		9.36
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.60 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	4	16
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		294 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		78 °C
Number of QPI Links		1
Transistor count		1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	384 GB
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	45mm x 42.5 mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	24
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16
Scalability	1S Only	2S Only
Total number of SATA ports	6
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)