Core 2 Duo E6750 vs Xeon L5420

Place in the ranking	2242	2759
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	2.56	0.93
Architecture codename	no data	Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)	July 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5420 and Core 2 Duo E6750 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	no data	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	no data	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2.67 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1333 MHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB
L2 cache	no data	4 MB
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	143 mm²
Maximum core temperature	57 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	no data	291 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5420 and Core 2 Duo E6750 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	no data	1
Socket	LGA771	PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Core 2 Duo E6750. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
FSB parity	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon L5420 and Core 2 Duo E6750 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5420 and Core 2 Duo E6750 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5420 and Core 2 Duo E6750. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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 L5420 1.35
+111%

Core 2 Duo E6750 0.64

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 L5420 2143
+112%

Core 2 Duo E6750 1012

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 L5420 332
+9.9%

Core 2 Duo E6750 302

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 L5420 917
+86%

Core 2 Duo E6750 493