Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1150 Intel Socket 1155
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 22 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 1,400 million
Die size 177 mm² 160 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 36.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 84 W 69 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date May 1st, 2014 May 14th, 2012
Codename Haswell Ivy Bridge
Generation Core i7 Xeon E3
Part unknown SR0P7
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3 Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 4600

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
vPro Yes

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