Xeon Silver 4316 vs Core 2 Duo T5500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	285
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	no data
Power efficiency	no data	12.45
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 February 2007 (17 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316 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)	20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads	2	40
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.66 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	10 nm
Die size	143 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.0375V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316 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	1	2
Socket	PPGA478, PBGA479	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316. 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	-	+
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316 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 T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316. 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 T5500 and Xeon Silver 4316.

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 February 2007	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	20
Threads	2	40
Chip lithography	65 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	150 Watt

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