C-60 vs Xeon E5450

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5450
2007
80 Watt
1.63
+715%

Xeon E5450 outperforms C-60 by a whopping 715% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5450 and C-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20953234
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD C-Series
Power efficiency1.932.10
Architecture codenameno dataOntario (2011−2012)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)22 August 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5450 and C-60 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 speed3 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speedno data1.33 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
Die sizeno data75 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5450 and C-60 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
SocketLGA771FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5450 and C-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)
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 E5450 and C-60 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 E5450 and C-60 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 E5450 and C-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6290

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 E5450 1.63
+715%
C-60 0.20

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 E5450 2582
+717%
C-60 316

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 E5450 389
+412%
C-60 76

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 E5450 1100
+697%
C-60 138

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 0.20
Recency 1 October 2007 22 August 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 9 Watt

Xeon E5450 has a 715% higher aggregate performance score.

C-60, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 788.9% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the C-60 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation processor while C-60 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5450 and C-60, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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