Xeon E5-2470 v2 vs Core 2 Duo E6300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1026
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data6.69
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Ivy Bridge-EN (2013−2014)
Release dateJuly 2006 (18 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 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 cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die size143 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C80 °C
Number of transistors291 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 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 configuration12
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switching-+
PAEno data46 Bit
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data384 GB
Max memory channelsno data3
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

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.

Core 2 Duo E6300 638
Xeon E5-2470 v2 10675
+1573%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo E6300 186
Xeon E5-2470 v2 479
+158%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo E6300 304
Xeon E5-2470 v2 3160
+939%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6300 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2470 v2, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6300 and Xeon E5-2470 v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6300 is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-2470 v2 is a server/workstation one.


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