Celeron Dual-Core T3300 vs Xeon L5420

Aggregate performance score

Xeon L5420
2008
50 Watt
1.35
+238%
Celeron Dual-Core T3300
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.40

Xeon L5420 outperforms Celeron Dual-Core T3300 by a whopping 238% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5420 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22422991
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron Dual-Core
Power efficiency2.561.08
Architecture codenameno dataPenryn (2008−2011)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)1 February 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5420 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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 speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature57 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5420 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 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.

SocketLGA771Socket P 478
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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 Dual-Core T3300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5420 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT-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.


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 L5420 1.35
+238%
Celeron Dual-Core T3300 0.40

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 L5420 2143
+239%
Celeron Dual-Core T3300 633

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.35 0.40
Recency 1 January 2008 1 February 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon L5420 has a 237.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Celeron Dual-Core T3300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon L5420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron Dual-Core T3300 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon L5420 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron Dual-Core T3300 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon L5420 and Celeron Dual-Core T3300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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