Xeon Silver 4210 vs Core 2 Duo T7300
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4210 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7300 by a whopping 1805% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3244 | 1108 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | 4.23 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.63 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 9 May 2007 (18 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $234 | $501 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4210 has 42200% better value for money than Core 2 Duo T7300.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210 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) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 22 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 13.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | PBGA479,PPGA478 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210. 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 |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210 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 T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T7300 and Xeon Silver 4210.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.40 | 7.62 |
| Recency | 9 May 2007 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 10 |
| Threads | 2 | 20 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
Core 2 Duo T7300 has 142.9% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has a 1805% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4210 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 in performance tests.
Be aware that Core 2 Duo T7300 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4210 is a server/workstation one.
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