Pentium D 830 vs Xeon E5-2403 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1905	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.32	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge-EN (2013)	Smithfield (2005)
Release date	1 September 2013 (10 years ago)	May 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$223	no data
Current price	$224 (1x MSRP)	$62

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830 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	4	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	28 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	10 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Die size	160 mm2	206 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	169 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830 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	2	2
Socket	FCLGA1356	PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	32 Bit
FSB parity	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2403 v2 and Pentium D 830.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	24	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	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt

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