Atom D525 vs Xeon E5430
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5430 and Atom D525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2207 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 1.67 | no data |
| Architecture codename | no data | Pinetrail (2009−2011) |
| Release date | 1 October 2007 (17 years ago) | 21 June 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $63 |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5430 and Atom D525 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 | no data | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | no data | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1.83 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L2 Cache | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 67 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.35V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5430 and Atom D525 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | LGA771 | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 13 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5430 and Atom D525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FSB parity | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5430 and Atom D525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5430 and Atom D525 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5430 and Atom D525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 6.4 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel GMA 3150 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2007 | 21 June 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 13 Watt |
Atom D525 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 515.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5430 and Atom D525. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5430 is a server/workstation processor while Atom D525 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5430 and Atom D525, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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