Xeon 6315P vs Core 2 Duo T9300
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6315P outperforms Core 2 Duo T9300 by a whopping 604% 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 | 2754 | 1235 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.04 | 22.51 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.15 | 5.14 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Raptor Lake-R (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 10 January 2008 (18 years ago) | 24 February 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $316 | $213 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon 6315P has 56175% better value for money than Core 2 Duo T9300.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo T9300 and Xeon 6315P 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | 16 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB L2 Cache | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 163 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | 1V-1.25V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo T9300 and Xeon 6315P 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 | 1 |
| Socket | BGA479,PGA478 | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 55 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T9300 and Xeon 6315P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo T9300 and Xeon 6315P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T9300 and Xeon 6315P 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 T9300 and Xeon 6315P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T9300 and Xeon 6315P.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.95 | 6.69 |
| Recency | 10 January 2008 | 24 February 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 55 Watt |
Core 2 Duo T9300 has 57.1% lower power consumption.
Xeon 6315P, on the other hand, has a 604.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Intel Xeon 6315P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 in performance tests.
Be aware that Core 2 Duo T9300 is a notebook processor while Xeon 6315P is a server/workstation one.
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