Pentium Dual T4500 vs Xeon E5-2680

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2680
2012
8 cores / 16 threads, 130 Watt
5.92
+605%
Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84

Xeon E5-2680 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a whopping 605% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11102584
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.84no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesXeon (Desktop)Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency4.312.27
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/s800 MHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache20 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size435 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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
SocketFCLGA2011P
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no 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 E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no 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.


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.

Xeon E5-2680 5.92
+605%
Pentium Dual T4500 0.84

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 E5-2680 9399
+604%
Pentium Dual T4500 1336

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Xeon E5-2680 4118
+76.7%
Pentium Dual T4500 2331

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Xeon E5-2680 26801
+518%
Pentium Dual T4500 4337

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Xeon E5-2680 7924
+317%
Pentium Dual T4500 1898

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Xeon E5-2680 4.87
+633%
Pentium Dual T4500 35.7

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Xeon E5-2680 12
+856%
Pentium Dual T4500 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.92 0.84
Recency 6 March 2012 1 January 2010
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 has a 604.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T4500, on the other hand, has 271.4% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2680 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2680 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Dual Core T4500 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2680 and Pentium Dual Core T4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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