Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 vs Intel Pentium 4 HT 660

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4 and Intel Pentium 4 HT 660 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4

Intel Pentium 4 HT 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4

7 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 1
Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 94°C vs 70.8°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 115 Watt

Number of cores	8 vs 1
Maximum core temperature	94°C vs 70.8°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 HT 660

Around 112% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 1.70 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 1.70 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 HT 660

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	Intel Pentium 4 HT 660
PassMark - Single thread mark	1092
PassMark - CPU mark	7447
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		975
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1106

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2608L v4	Intel Pentium 4 HT 660
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Prescott
Launch date	Q1'16	February 2005
Place in performance rating	1998	2291
Processor Number	E5-2608LV4	660
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Embedded	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI	800 MHz FSB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	94°C	70.8°C
Maximum frequency	1.70 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	8	1
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16
VID voltage range	0	1.200V-1.400V
Die size		135 mm2
L1 cache		28 KB
L2 cache		2048 KB
Transistor count		169 million
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	PLGA775, PPGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	115 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)