Duron 550 vs Xeon E5-2403

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2142not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.29no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Duron
Power efficiency1.77no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EN (2012)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)5 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$230no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550 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)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz0.55 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate6.4 GT/s200 MT/s
Multiplierno data5.5
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)64 KB
L3 cache10240 KB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size294 mm2100 mm2
Number of transistors1,270 million25 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1356no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt25.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size384 GB4 GB
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes24no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 5 June 2000
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon E5-2403 has an age advantage of 11 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

Duron 550, on the other hand, has 220% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2403 and Duron 550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2403 is a server/workstation processor while Duron 550 is a desktop one.


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