Intel Xeon X5450 vs X3370

Price now 124$

Games supported 74%

Price now 128$

Games supported 74%

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General info

Comparing Xeon X3370 and Xeon X5450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1823	1808
Value for money	0.37	0.37
Market segment	Server	Server
Release date	1 July 2008 (14 years old)	1 October 2007 (15 years old)
Current price	$124	$128

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Xeon X3370 and Xeon X5450 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	3 GHz	3 GHz
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	63 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3370 and Xeon X5450 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	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3370 and Xeon X5450. 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	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	+
FSB parity	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon X3370 and Xeon X5450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3370 and Xeon X5450 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	+
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 X3370 1.92

Xeon X5450 1.95
+1.6%

X5450 outperforms X3370 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon X3370 2417

Xeon X5450 2458
+1.7%

X5450 outperforms X3370 by 2% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

Xeon X3370 442
+3.8%

Xeon X5450 426

X3370 outperforms X5450 by 4% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

Xeon X3370 1400
+3.9%

Xeon X5450 1348

X3370 outperforms X5450 by 4% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.