Pentium E6300 vs Xeon E5440

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5440
2008
80 Watt
1.50
+131%
Pentium E6300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.65

Xeon E5440 outperforms Pentium E6300 by a whopping 131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21542764
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.59
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.770.95
Architecture codenameno dataWolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)9 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$40

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300 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 data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed2.83 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data82 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C74 °C
Number of transistorsno data228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35V0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300 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
SocketLGA771LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium E6300.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5440 1.50
+131%
Pentium E6300 0.65

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5440 2389
+131%
Pentium E6300 1032

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5440 364
+23.4%
Pentium E6300 295

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5440 1014
+118%
Pentium E6300 465

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.50 0.65
Recency 1 January 2008 9 May 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon E5440 has a 130.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium E6300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 23.1% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5440 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E6300 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium E6300 is a desktop one.


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