Celeron 450 vs Xeon E3-1230

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1586not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.92no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency3.83no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Conroe-L (2007−2008)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$428no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size216 mm277 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C60 °C
Number of transistors1,160 million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450 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
SocketLGA1155LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+-
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

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.

Xeon E3-1230 5137
+1138%
Celeron 450 415

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E3-1230 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 450, on the other hand, has 128.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1230 and Celeron 450. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1230 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 450 is a desktop one.


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