Pentium 977 vs Xeon E5502
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 977 outperforms Xeon E5502 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3099 | 2925 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.04 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 0.25 | 1.62 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Gainestown (2009−2010) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 30 March 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 January 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $95 | $134 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 14 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 263 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 731 million | 504 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1366,PLGA1366 | FCBGA1023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| FMA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| My WiFi | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 144 GB | 16.38 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 19.2 GB/s | 21.335 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5502 and Pentium 977.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.48 | 0.65 |
| Recency | 30 March 2009 | 1 January 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 17 Watt |
Pentium 977 has a 35.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 370.6% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium 977 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5502 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5502 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 977 is a notebook one.
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