Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4 and Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm

Number of cores	14 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 68°C
Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 68°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Name	Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4	Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
PassMark - Single thread mark		1106
PassMark - CPU mark		1041
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		377
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		19.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.262

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7-4830 v4	Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Wolfdale
Launch date	Q2'16	October 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	3128
Processor Number	E7-4830V4	E7400
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v4 Family	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Price now		$28.99
Value for money (0-100)		18.04
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.80 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI	1066 MHz FSB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	68°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	14	2
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	28
Die size		82 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB
L2 cache		3072 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	3 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)