Core 2 Duo E4500 vs Xeon X5470

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1992not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.44no data
Architecture codenameno dataAllendale (2006−2009)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)July 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500 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 speed3.33 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data111 mm2
Maximum core temperature63 °C73 °C
Number of transistorsno data167 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35V0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500. 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+-

Security technologies

Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500 are enumerated here.

VT-x+-
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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 X5470 2910
+294%
Core 2 Duo E4500 739

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon X5470 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo E4500, on the other hand, has 84.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5470 and Core 2 Duo E4500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5470 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Duo E4500 is a desktop one.


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