Mobile Pentium 4 538 vs Xeon E3-1235

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1517not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.06no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataMobile Pentium 4
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$287no data
Current price$125 (0.4x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus supportno data533 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size216 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,160 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA1155no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt88 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXno data
AES-NI+no data
AVX+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Identity Protection+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD P3000no data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.35 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 88 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1235 and Mobile Pentium 4 538. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1235 is a server/workstation processor while Mobile Pentium 4 538 is a notebook one.


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