Intel Pentium D1508 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium D1508 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 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 E7-8870

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
5.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1760 vs 1124

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760 vs 1124

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
16 more threads: 20 vs 4
Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.80 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
32x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 128 GB
7.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24434 vs 3240

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 2
Number of threads	20 vs 4
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Maximum memory size	4 TB vs 128 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	24434 vs 3240

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium D1508
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1760

1124

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3240

24434

Name	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760	1124
PassMark - CPU mark	3240	24434

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E7-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Westmere EX
Launch date	Q4'15	April 2011
Place in performance rating	1377	1369
Processor Number	D1508	E7-8870
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor D Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.60 GHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	2	10
Number of threads	4	20
Bus Speed		6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size		513 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		30720 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		69°C
Transistor count		2600 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	4 TB
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	8
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	130 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16
Scalability	1S Only	S8S
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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)