Core 2 Duo E4300 vs Xeon X3440

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2025not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.74no data
Architecture codenameno dataAllendale (2006−2009)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)July 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.53 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.93 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data111 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °C61 °C
Number of transistorsno data167 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching+-
PAE36 Bitno data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.



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 X3440 2773
+368%
Core 2 Duo E4300 593

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.

Xeon X3440 381
+83.2%
Core 2 Duo E4300 208

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.

Xeon X3440 1187
+238%
Core 2 Duo E4300 351

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon X3440 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo E4300, on the other hand, has 46.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X3440 and Core 2 Duo E4300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X3440 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Duo E4300 is a desktop one.


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