Pentium N3700 vs Xeon E5450

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5450
2007
80 Watt
1.63
+106%
Pentium N3700
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.79

Xeon E5450 outperforms Pentium N3700 by a whopping 106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20952630
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.9312.45
Architecture codenameno dataBraswell (2015−2016)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700 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 speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
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 E5450 and Pentium N3700 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)
SocketLGA771FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching+no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
FSB parity+no data
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 Series
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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 1.63
+106%
Pentium N3700 0.79

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
+106%
Pentium N3700 1253

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
+117%
Pentium N3700 179

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
+112%
Pentium N3700 520

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.63 0.79
Recency 1 October 2007 1 April 2015
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E5450 has a 106.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium N3700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1233.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium N3700 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5450 and Pentium N3700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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