Celeron 947UE vs Xeon L5420

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2242not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiency2.56no data
Architecture codenameno dataIvy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)20 January 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE 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 data1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data1
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache1024 KB
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperature57 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE 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
SocketLGA771Intel BGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE 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 L5420 and Celeron 947UE are enumerated here.

VT-x++
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2008 20 January 2013
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 17 Watt

Celeron 947UE has an age advantage of 5 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 194.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5420 and Celeron 947UE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L5420 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 947UE is a notebook one.


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