Hi, I am curious if a Xeon processor is more powerful than a core 2 quad processor? Below are the specifications of the Xeon cpu’s (which I am considering purchasing). Also the core 2 quad specs of the current cpu installed into the machine.
LGA775 MOD Intel Xeon E5345 2.33GHz CPU QC 8MB 1333 SLAEJ No Need Adapter Intel Xeon X3450 2.66GHz 8MB/ 2.5Gt/s SLBLD Socket LGA 775 CPU
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz
What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks
I see this Xeon also: Intel Xeon X3440 2.53GHz Quad-Core (BX80605X3440) Processor
Ok, I will review this material you send above.
This cpu has a board of some sort attached so it plugs in:
It states: LGA 775
@panorain Check your system, some examples here;
lscpu | grep "Model name:"
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz
BIOS Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz Fill By OEM CPU @ 3.4GHz
dmidecode -t processor | grep Socket
Socket Designation: CPU 1
Upgrade: Socket BGA1155
lscpu | grep "Model name:"
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
BIOS Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz CPU @ 2.1GHz
dmidecode -t processor | grep Socket
Socket Designation: CPU0
Upgrade: Socket LGA2011-3
lscpu | grep "Model name:"
Model name: Intel(R) N100
BIOS Model name: Intel(R) N100 To Be Filled By O.E.M. CPU @ 2.8GHz
dmidecode -t processor | grep Socket
Socket Designation: U3E1
Thinkcentre-M57p:/home/paul # dmidecode -t processor | grep Socket
Thinkcentre-M57p:~> lscpu | grep Intel
I see the link you sent cpu supports ddr3 memory not ddr2 memory. So the cpu will not work I see now. Socket is 1156 also on the information link. I seem to have forgotten how to display the current chipset.
@panorain /sbin/lspci will list everything…
Yes, I recall to add -nn to the end /sbin/lspci to display numberical id’s. Are you saying mostly these Xeon’s even if 775 socket require a certain chipset and or ddr3 type memory also?
@panorain very likely, but if you check the system manual, if it has a list of CPU’s then that’s it…
That’s what I was contacting Lenovo about. It seems to have been removed from the website for the M57p. I’ll check around some more for that. Hardware service manual is still available and I have that now.
Svyatko
January 27, 2024, 7:38am
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It is possible to use LGA771 Xeon on LGA 775 mobos:
ILL LGA 775/771 CPUs have no support for SSE 4.2 → no support for x86-64-v2.
Thanks for this information. I have this desktop currently right now for lack of another.
It appears yes the Xeon X3450 is more capable. Thanks for link to this also.
Core2 Quad Q8400 socket = LGA775. Intel Xeon X3450 is installed in LGA1156. It will not install on your motherboard. Be careful.
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Just noticed the installed cpu here is V2:
Thinkcentre-M57p:/etc> inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 6.7.1-2-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240126
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 9088A83 v: ThinkCentre M57p
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO
v: 2RKT64BUS date: 01/08/2014
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Penryn rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2502 high: 2643 min/max: 2000/2667 cores: 1: 2495
2: 2557 3: 2314 4: 2643 bogomips: 21291
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK107GL [Quadro K600] driver: nvidia v: 470.223.02
arch: Kepler bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,nvidia,swrast platforms:
active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 470.223.02
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Quadro K600/PCIe/SSE2
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib devices: 2
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1
API: ALSA v: k6.7.1-2-default status: kernel-api
Server-1: JACK v: N/A status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.1 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci v: 2.3.0
bus-ID: 11:0a.0
IF: wlp17s10 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 933.45 GiB used: 109.92 GiB (11.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: USB 2.0 Flash Disk size: 1.94 GiB type: USB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0A-00SM50
size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 924.98 GiB used: 105.74 GiB (11.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-2
mapped: system-root
ID-2: /home size: 924.98 GiB used: 105.74 GiB (11.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-2 mapped: system-root
ID-3: /opt size: 924.98 GiB used: 105.74 GiB (11.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-2 mapped: system-root
ID-4: /var size: 924.98 GiB used: 105.74 GiB (11.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-2 mapped: system-root
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 6.52 GiB used: 3.16 GiB (48.5%)
dev: /dev/dm-1 mapped: system-swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 56 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 29%
Info:
Processes: 318 Uptime: 1d 15h 29m Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est.
available: 7.51 GiB used: 5.7 GiB (75.8%) Init: systemd Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 Packages: N/A note: see --rpm Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26 inxi: 3.3.31
Thinkcentre-M57p:/etc>
This Quad Core supports V2 as per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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marel
February 1, 2024, 11:56am
18
Okay, the fastest options for LGA775 .
I did check Q9650 versus your current CPU and only 14% gain, not something I would put effort in.
Svyatko
February 2, 2024, 12:45pm
19
Fastest LGA771 - Intel Xeon X5492: +40% to speed, but 150 W.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/1041vs1493/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q8400-vs-Intel-Xeon-X5492
Without SSE 4.2 this is x86-64-v1 = x86-64 only.
