Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs Intel Xeon E3-1290

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1364 Intel Socket 1155
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 1,160 million
Die size 264 mm² 216 mm²
Package FC-BGA1364 FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 100°C

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz up to 4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25.0x 36.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 47 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Server/Workstation
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 1st, 2014 May 29th, 2011
Codename Crystalwell Sandy Bridge
Generation Core i7 Xeon E3
Part SR1ZX SR055
Memory support DDR3 DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 5200

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
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes 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
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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