Xeon E-2434 vs Core 2 Duo T6400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2925not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency1.24no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$293

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz5 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz16 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA478FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 55 Watt

Core 2 Duo T6400 has 57.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2434, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T6400 and Xeon E-2434. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T6400 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2434 is a server/workstation one.


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