Xeon 2.4Ghz DualCore OR Pentium D 2.8Ghz dualCore:What's the fastest?

[Rakperbanengen]

I have a choice between a single Xeon 2.4Ghz Dual Core (4MB Cache 1066MHz FSB) OR a single Pentium D 915 2.8Ghz dual Core (4MB Cache 800MHz FSB)

What's the fastest CPU, please?

It's for a Dell PowerEdge SC440 server. According to the SC440 manual, the Xeon would be of the 3000 series. I don't have the exact model number, but according to wikipedia it would be the 3060 I think.

http://www.dell.com/downloads/ap/products/servers/en/PESC440_spec_ap.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors#.22Conroe.22_.2865_nm.29

 

[COLGeek]

For a server, the Xeon would be the better choice.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The Intel® Xeon® 3060 is the processor that you posted and it is using the same microarchitecture as the Intel Core™ 2 Duo. So yes the Intel Xeon 3060 would outperform the Intel Pentium® D 915 by a good bit. Also the Intel Xeon 3060 would with less power. http://ark.intel.com/products/27205/Intel-Xeon-Processor-3060-(4M-Cache-2_40-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB)

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[Rakperbanengen]

So yes the Intel Xeon 3060 would outperform the Intel Pentium® D 915 by a good bit.

Hello Christian,

Thanks for the answer and the link (I've used the comparison function to compare the two processors side by side).

I found the following benchmarks (Passmark). They say that the Xeon 3060 is 1.9 times faster than the Pentium D 915... Is that even possible? The 3060 has a passmark score of 1430 and the Pentium D 915 has a score of 741.

The whole CPU list : http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
Xeon 3060 score : http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+3060+%40+2.40GHz
Pentium D 915 score : http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+D+2.80GHz

Does it look realistic?

 

[COLGeek]

Depending on the benchmark and applications, then yes. The Xeon is much faster.