Xeon E-2468 vs Sempron X2 2300

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Primary details

Comparing Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated388
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data96.15
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data24.62
Architecture codenameBrisbane (2007−2008)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$426

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size118 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors221 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468 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
SocketAM2FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
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 Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16

Xeon E-2468 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Sempron X2 2300 and Xeon E-2468. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Sempron X2 2300 is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2468 is a server/workstation one.


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