Intel Xeon E5-2470 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2470 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 78 °C vs 69°C
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1410 vs 1110
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2012 vs April 2011
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 78 °C vs 69°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1410 vs 1110

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 10.7x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 14464
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 30720 KB (shared) vs 20480 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 384 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25895 vs 14464

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2470
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1410
1110
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14464
25895
Name Intel Xeon E5-2470 Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 1410 1110
PassMark - CPU mark 14464 25895

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2470 Intel Xeon E7-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge EN Westmere EX
Launch date May 2012 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $1,480
Place in performance rating 1518 1519
Price now $316.72
Processor Number E5-2470 E7-8870
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.36
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.30 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI 6.4 GT/s QPI
Die size 294 mm 513 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) 30720 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 78 °C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 10
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 16 20
Transistor count 1270 million 2600 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 8
Package Size 45mm x 42.5 mm 49.17mm x 56.47mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 130 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 2S Only S8S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)