Duron 1200 vs Xeon E5530

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2038not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.27no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Duron
Power efficiency2.03no data
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)30 January 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$340no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data200 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)64 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die size263 mm2105.68 mm2
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Number of transistors731 million25 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366,PLGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt54.7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200 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 E5530 and Duron 1200 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size144 GB4 GB
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 30 January 2002
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 54 Watt

Xeon E5530 has an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

Duron 1200, on the other hand, has 48.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5530 and Duron 1200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5530 is a server/workstation processor while Duron 1200 is a desktop one.


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