Pentium Dual-Core E2200 vs Xeon E3-1240 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1408	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.04	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	5.48	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$304	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Die size	160 mm2	77 mm2
Number of transistors	1,400 million	105 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 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	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	775
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 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 E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	65 Watt

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