Pentium 4 HT 540 vs Xeon 3065

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2831not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.80no data
Architecture codenameno dataPrescott (2001−2005)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)June 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540 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 coresno data1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed2.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data3.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540 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
SocketPLGA775775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540 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 Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 84 Watt

Xeon 3065 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 29.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon 3065 and Pentium 4 HT 540. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon 3065 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 4 HT 540 is a desktop one.


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