Core 2 Duo T6570 vs Xeon L5520

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2183not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.58no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency2.26no data
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$100no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.48 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size263 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °C100 °C
Number of transistors731 million410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size144 GBno data
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 L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570.

PCIe version2.0no 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.



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 L5520 2274
+200%
Core 2 Duo T6570 759

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 L5520 424
+68.3%
Core 2 Duo T6570 252

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 L5520 1882
+344%
Core 2 Duo T6570 424

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 1 January 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon L5520 has an age advantage of 2 months, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Core 2 Duo T6570, on the other hand, has 71.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5520 and Core 2 Duo T6570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L5520 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Duo T6570 is a notebook one.


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