Athlon XP 2500+ vs Xeon X3440

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2023not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.74no data
Architecture codenameno dataBarton (2001−2004)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)February 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+ 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 speed2.53 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.93 GHz1.83 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
Die sizeno data101 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data63 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+ 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156A
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+ 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 X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+ 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 X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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 X3440 2773
+1100%
Athlon XP 2500+ 231

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 68 Watt

Xeon X3440 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon XP 2500+, on the other hand, has 39.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X3440 and Athlon XP 2500+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X3440 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon XP 2500+ is a desktop one.


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