Pentium Dual T4500 vs Xeon X5670

Place in the ranking	1453	2566
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.06	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Xeon (Desktop)	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	3.83	2.26
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$67	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.33 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	6400 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	239 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 configuration	2	1
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	P
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500.

PCIe version

2.0

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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 X5670 3.86
+360%

Pentium Dual T4500 0.84

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 X5670 6105
+357%

Pentium Dual T4500 1336

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Xeon X5670 3698
+58.6%

Pentium Dual T4500 2331

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Xeon X5670 19954
+360%

Pentium Dual T4500 4337

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Xeon X5670 5794
+205%

Pentium Dual T4500 1898

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Xeon X5670 8
+504%

Pentium Dual T4500 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.86	0.84
Recency	16 March 2010	1 January 2010
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Xeon X5670 has a 359.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T4500, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

The Xeon X5670 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon X5670 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Dual Core T4500 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X5670 and Pentium Dual Core T4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.