Pentium E5300 vs Xeon L5508

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2818
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.04
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	no data	0.83
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	November 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	263 mm2	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300 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	1366	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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 L5508 and Pentium E5300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5508 and Pentium E5300.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	65 Watt

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