Atom x7-Z8700 vs Xeon E5440

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5440
2008
80 Watt
1.50
+80.7%

Xeon E5440 outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by an impressive 81% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21542594
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno data7x Intel Atom
Power efficiency1.77no data
Architecture codenameno dataCherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Multiplierno data16
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature67 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA771UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
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 Atom x7-Z8700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Bootno data+
Identity Protection-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700 are enumerated here.

VT-x++
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 600 MHz)
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Graphics max frequencyno data600 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3840x2160
Max resolution over eDPno data2560x1600

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data2
USB revisionno data3.0
Number of USB portsno data3

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 1.50
+80.7%
Atom x7-Z8700 0.83

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 2389
+80.2%
Atom x7-Z8700 1326

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 E5440 364
+104%
Atom x7-Z8700 178

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 E5440 1014
+98.4%
Atom x7-Z8700 511

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.50 0.83
Recency 1 January 2008 2 March 2015
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

Xeon E5440 has a 80.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom x7-Z8700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E5440 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-Z8700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Atom x7-Z8700 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5440 and Atom x7-Z8700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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