Duo T2250 vs Xeon X5570

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1882not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.98no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataCore Duo
Power efficiency2.07no data
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)May 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250 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 speed2.93 GHz1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)0 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size263 mm290 mm2
Maximum core temperature75 °C100 °C
Number of transistors731 million151 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.7625-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA1366PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States+-
Demand Based Switching+-
PAE40 Bit32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250 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 X5570 and Core Duo T2250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1
Maximum memory size144 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth32 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 X5570 and Core Duo T2250.

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 X5570 3310
+846%
Duo T2250 350

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 31 Watt

Xeon X5570 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Duo T2250, on the other hand, has 206.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5570 and Core Duo T2250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5570 is a server/workstation processor while Core Duo T2250 is a notebook one.


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