Xeon L3406 vs Pentium E5500

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.65
+12.1%
Xeon L3406
2010
2 cores / 4 threads, 30 Watt
0.58

Pentium E5500 outperforms Xeon L3406 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27622820
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.951.83
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)no data
Release date18 April 2010 (14 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.53 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KB4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °C54 °C
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775FCLGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-+
PAEno data36 Bit

Security technologies

Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data16.38 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Pentium E5500 0.65
+12.1%
Xeon L3406 0.58

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.

Pentium E5500 1040
+12.1%
Xeon L3406 928

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.65 0.58
Recency 18 April 2010 1 January 2010
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 30 Watt

Pentium E5500 has a 12.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 months.

Xeon L3406, on the other hand, has 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 116.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium E5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L3406 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon L3406 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E5500 and Xeon L3406, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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