Pentium E2200 vs Xeon X3330
Primary details
Comparing Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2212 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Release date | 1 July 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 October 2007 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200 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.
| Base clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| L3 cache | 6 MB L2 Cache | 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | 73 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-13625V | 0.85V-1.5V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200 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.
| Socket | LGA775 | LGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200. 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 | - | - |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 July 2008 | 1 October 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 65 Watt |
Xeon X3330 has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium E2200, on the other hand, has 46.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon X3330 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium E2200 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X3330 and Pentium E2200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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