Pentium Dual Core T4400 vs Xeon X5260

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5260 and Pentium Dual Core T4400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2512	2485
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Architecture codename	no data	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	1 October 2007 (16 years ago)	1 December 2009 (14 years ago)
Current price	$1366	$307

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5260 and Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 cores	no data	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	no data	2
Base clock speed	3.33 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Bus support	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	66 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5260 and Pentium Dual Core T4400 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	LGA771	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5260 and Pentium Dual Core T4400. 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	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5260 and Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 X5260 and Pentium Dual Core T4400 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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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.

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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.

Pentium Dual Core T4400 outperforms Xeon X5260 by 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.80	0.83
Recency	1 October 2007	1 December 2009
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	35 Watt

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