Athlon 64 X2 5800+ vs Xeon E5440

VS

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2139not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.77no data
Architecture codenameno dataBrisbane (2007−2008)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)April 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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 data2
Base clock speed2.83 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data3 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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
SocketLGA771AM2
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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 64 X2 5800+ are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT-no 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.



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
+264%
Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 653

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 89 Watt

Xeon E5440 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 11.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 64 X2 5800+ is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5440 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Xeon E5440
Xeon E5440
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+
Athlon 64 X2 5800+

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


4 479 votes

Rate Xeon E5440 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.6 23 votes

Rate Athlon 64 X2 5800 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Xeon E5440 or Athlon 64 X2 5800+, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.