Athlon 5370 vs Xeon E5440

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5440
2008
80 Watt
1.55
+27%

Xeon E5440 outperforms Athlon 5370 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21162327
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Architecture codenameno dataKabini (2013−2014)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)9 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370 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 data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.83 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data2048 KB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370 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
SocketLGA771AM1
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370 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 E5440 and Athlon 5370 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-1600
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelinesno data128
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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 E5440 1.55
+27%
Athlon 5370 1.22

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 E5440 2374
+27.2%
Athlon 5370 1867

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.55 1.22
Recency 1 January 2008 9 April 2014
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon E5440 has a 27% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon 5370, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 220% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5440 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 5370 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 5370 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5440 and Athlon 5370, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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