Pentium 1407 vs Xeon E5645

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1599	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.28	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	3.76	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	no data
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	1 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$294	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407 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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	0 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	5 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.6V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407 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 configuration	2	1
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory size	288 GB	375 GB
Max memory channels	3	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	25 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5645 and Pentium 1407.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	24

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 March 2010	1 April 2012
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2

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