Core 2 Duo T5600 vs Xeon E3-1230 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1230 v2 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5600 by a whopping 808% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1627 | 3188 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.52 | 0.01 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Power efficiency | 2.16 | 0.48 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 14 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 28 July 2006 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $360 | $241 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E3-1230 v2 has 5100% better value for money than Core 2 Duo T5600.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600 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 | 3.3 GHz | 1.83 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 1.83 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | 667 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 143 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 66 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 291 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.0375V-1.3V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1155 | PPGA478, PBGA479 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 69 Watt | 34 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600 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 E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 32.77 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1230 v2 and Core 2 Duo T5600.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.54 | 0.39 |
| Recency | 14 May 2012 | 28 July 2006 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 69 Watt | 34 Watt |
Xeon E3-1230 v2 has a 807.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.
Core 2 Duo T5600, on the other hand, has 102.9% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E3-1230 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Duo T5600 is a notebook one.
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