Xeon w5-2445 vs Pentium E5500

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.65
Xeon w5-2445
2023
10 cores / 20 threads, 175 Watt
20.22
+3011%

Xeon w5-2445 outperforms Pentium E5500 by a whopping 3011% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2746274
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0461.75
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.9510.93
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date18 April 2010 (14 years ago)15 February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109$839

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon w5-2445 has 154275% better value for money than Pentium E5500.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445 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 speed2.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB26.25 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and Xeon w5-2445.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

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.

Pentium E5500 0.65
Xeon w5-2445 20.22
+3011%

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 E5500 1040
Xeon w5-2445 32126
+2989%

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.

Pentium E5500 298
Xeon w5-2445 1838
+517%

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.

Pentium E5500 472
Xeon w5-2445 10759
+2179%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.65 20.22
Recency 18 April 2010 15 February 2023
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 20
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 175 Watt

Pentium E5500 has 169.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon w5-2445, on the other hand, has a 3010.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

The Xeon w5-2445 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5500 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon w5-2445 is a server/workstation one.


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