Pentium Dual T2390 vs Xeon E5450

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5450
2007
80 Watt
1.62
+350%
Pentium Dual Core T2390
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.36

Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2390 by a whopping 350% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5450 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20833039
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency1.920.97
Architecture codenameno dataMerom (2006−2008)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)1 March 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5450 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1.86 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data143 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5450 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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.

SocketLGA771PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium Dual Core T2390. 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 E5450 and Pentium Dual Core T2390 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 Pentium Dual Core T2390 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.


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 1.62
+350%
Pentium Dual T2390 0.36

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 2580
+354%
Pentium Dual T2390 568

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.62 0.36
Recency 1 October 2007 1 March 2008
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5450 has a 350% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T2390, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 128.6% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2390 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Dual Core T2390 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5450 and Pentium Dual Core T2390, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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