Intel Core i7-970 vs Intel Xeon E5-1620

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1366 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,170 million 1,270 million
Die size 239 mm² 294 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.466 GHz up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 133 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24.0x 36.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.3 V 1.35 V
TDP 130 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Jul 19th, 2010 Mar 6th, 2012
Codename Gulftown Sandy Bridge-E
Generation Core i7 Xeon E5
Part SLBVF SR0LC
Memory support DDR3 Triple-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 12MB (shared) 10MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST 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
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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