Core 2 Duo T8300 vs Xeon X5672

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1874	2812
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.07	0.04
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	3.22	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	14 February 2011 (14 years ago)	10 January 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$115	$241

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon X5672 has 2575% better value for money than Core 2 Duo T8300.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	3 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	239 mm2	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	83 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	BGA479,PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300. 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	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	40 Bit	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300 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 X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
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 X5672 and Core 2 Duo T8300.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.85	0.83
Recency	14 February 2011	10 January 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

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