Xeon E-2488 vs 5120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	323
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	74.79
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	no data	18.22
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	June 2006 (18 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	$606

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.87 GHz	5.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	16 GT/s
L1 cache	0 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488 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	LGA771	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5120 and Xeon E-2488.

PCIe version	no data	5
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

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