Xeon E5502 vs Turion II P520
Aggregate performance score
Turion II P520 outperforms Xeon E5502 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3167 | 3187 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Turion II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.84 | 0.25 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Gainestown (2009−2010) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 30 March 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $95 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.87 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 263 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 76 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 731 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502 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 | 2 |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | FCLGA1366,PLGA1366 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 40 Bit |
Security technologies
Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 144 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 3 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 19.2 GB/s |
| 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 Turion II P520 and Xeon E5502.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
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 | 0.50 | 0.48 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 30 March 2009 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 80 Watt |
Turion II P520 has a 4.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 220% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Turion II P520 and Intel Xeon E5502.
Be aware that Turion II P520 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5502 is a server/workstation one.
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