Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 vs Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 Tower

86specifications compared
31differ
55identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 has 0.8 GHz more processor frequency than the Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 Tower (3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz). The Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 has 5 MB more processor cache than the Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 Tower (6 MB vs 1 MB). The Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 has 533 MHz more processor front side bus than the Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 Tower (1333 MHz vs 800 MHz). Only the Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 has embedded options available. Only the Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 has Intel Trusted Execution Technology.

Processor family
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:Intel® Core™2 Duo
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:Intel® Pentium®
Processor model
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:E8400
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:E2200
Processor frequency
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:3 GHz
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:2.2 GHz
Processor cache
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:6 MB
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:1 MB
Processor front side bus
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:1333 MHz
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:800 MHz
Processor lithography
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:45 nm
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:65 nm
Processor codename
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:Wolfdale
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:Conroe
Tcase
- ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400:72.4 °C
- ThinkCentre A57 Tower:73.3 °C

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Comparison of M57p, ThinkCentre A57 Tower
97 specifications	A Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 Model M57p View product	B Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 Tower View product
Processor13 differ
Processor familyDiffers	Intel® Core™2 Duo	Intel® Pentium®
Processor modelDiffers	E8400	E2200
Processor frequencyDiffers	3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers	6 MB	1 MB
Processor front side busDiffers	1333 MHz	800 MHz
Processor lithographyDiffers	45 nm	65 nm
Processor seriesDiffers	Intel Core 2 Duo E8000 Series	Intel Pentium E2000 Series for Desktop
Processor codenameDiffers	Wolfdale	Conroe
TcaseDiffers	72.4 °C	73.3 °C
Number of Processing Die TransistorsDiffers	410 M	105 M
Processing Die sizeDiffers	107 mm²	77 mm²
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)Differs	9	11
SteppingDiffers	E0	M0
Memory3 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	2 GB	1 GB
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	4 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Differs	2 x 1 GB	1 x 1 GB
Storage2 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers	320 GB	160 GB
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD±RW	DVD-RW
Graphics1 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffers	Intel® GMA X3000	Intel® GMA 3100
On-board graphics card modelKnown for one	Not available	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Headphone outputsDiffers	1	4
Line-outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Serial ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Expansion slotsidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x PCI Express 16X 2 x PCI 1 x PCI Express 1X
Poweridentical
Power supply typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	110 - 220 V
Power supply input voltageKnown for one	110 - 220 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black
Softwareidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP Professional MS-DOS Windows XP Windows XP Home Edition Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Business 64 Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Home Premium 64
Processor special features5 differ
Embedded options availableDiffers	Yes	No
Intel Trusted Execution TechnologyDiffers	Yes	No
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)Differs	Yes	No
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)Differs	Yes	No
Processor ARK IDDiffers	33910	33925
Graphics & IMC lithographyKnown for one	45 nm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor codeKnown for one	SLB9J	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio1 differ
Audio systemDiffers	AD1882	ALC662
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	175 mm	331 mm
DepthDiffers	440 mm	412 mm
HeightDiffers	402 mm	104 mm
WeightDiffers	10.2 kg	3.31 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Mouse includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Intel segment taggingKnown for one	Enterprise, Professional	Unknown — not stated by the source

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