Pentium Dual T2410 vs Xeon E5-2450

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1253	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.78	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	4.72	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 September 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	533 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	294 mm2	111 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1356	P, 478Pin
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410 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 E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410 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 E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Pentium Dual Core T2410.

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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Recency	14 May 2012	1 September 2008
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

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