Atom N570 vs Xeon E5430

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5430
2007
80 Watt
1.41
+571%
Atom N570
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 8 Watt
0.21

Xeon E5430 outperforms Atom N570 by a whopping 571% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5430 and Atom N570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22073194
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency1.672.21
Architecture codenameno dataPineview (2009−2011)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)1 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5430 and Atom N570 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.66 GHz1.66 GHz
Boost clock speedno data1.67 GHz
Bus rateno data666 MHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data87 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5430 and Atom N570 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5430 and Atom N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching+-
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5430 and Atom N570 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 N570 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x+-
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5430 and Atom N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel 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.


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 E5430 1.41
+571%
Atom N570 0.21

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 E5430 2238
+556%
Atom N570 341

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.

Xeon E5430 359
+338%
Atom N570 82

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.

Xeon E5430 1055
+386%
Atom N570 217

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.41 0.21
Recency 1 October 2007 1 March 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 8 Watt

Xeon E5430 has a 571.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom N570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 900% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5430 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N570 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5430 is a server/workstation processor while Atom N570 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5430 and Atom N570, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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