Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 vs Intel Celeron 6305E

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Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 6305E
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Celeron 6305E

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 or Intel Celeron 6305E - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 has 15 cores with 30 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. Up to 1536 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Celeron 6305E has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 6305E was released in Q4/2020.
Intel Xeon E7 (20) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20) CPU group Intel Celeron 6000 (2)
4 Generation 11
Ivy Bridge EX Architecture Tiger Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 is a 15 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (2.90 GHz). The Intel Celeron 6305E has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (1.80 GHz).

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305E
15 Cores 2
30 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 1.80 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 1.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305E
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 48
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 supports a maximum of 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 6305E can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305E
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200
1536 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
30.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 has a TDP of 130 W, that of the Intel Celeron 6305E is 15 W.

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305E
130 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 has a 30.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 6305E cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305E
22 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 2011 Socket BGA 1449
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2014 Release date Q4/2020
3350 $ Release price 118 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
630 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1180 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
769 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1439 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
151 (100%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
1765 (100%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) @ 1.25 GHz
960 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2
15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 6305E Intel Celeron 6305E
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1964 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 Intel Celeron 6305E
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