Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Core 2 Duo P7450

Place in the ranking	2865	630
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	no data
Power efficiency	1.86	10.84
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.13 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	76 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.15V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	2
Socket	BGA479,BGA956,PGA478	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo P7450 0.51

Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.48
+2347%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo P7450 783

Xeon Silver 4309Y 19100
+2339%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo P7450 260

Xeon Silver 4309Y 1413
+443%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo P7450 443

Xeon Silver 4309Y 7365
+1563%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.51	12.48
Recency	1 January 2009	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	105 Watt

Core 2 Duo P7450 has 320% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 2347.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo P7450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo P7450 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo P7450 and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.