Xeon X3470 vs Pentium D 820

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1885
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesPentium Dno data
Power efficiencyno data2.05
Architecture codenameSmithfield (2005)no data
Release dateMay 2005 (19 years ago)1 July 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache28 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die size206 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature64 °C73 °C
Number of transistors169 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.2V-1.4Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470 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 configuration21
SocketPLGA775FCLGA1156,LGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Turbo Boost Technology-1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Demand Based Switching-+
PAE32 Bit36 Bit
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Pentium D 820 499
Xeon X3470 3269
+555%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm

Xeon X3470 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 820 and Xeon X3470. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 820 is a desktop processor while Xeon X3470 is a server/workstation one.


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