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Intel Xeon X5570

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Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 vs 1 Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration
Higher Maximum operating temperature 75 °C vs 67.4 °C More than 10% higher Maximum operating temperature
Supports more RAM 147,456 MB vs 32,768 MB Supports 4.5x more RAM
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.58 GHz vs 4.32 GHz More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
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Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm vs 45 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Much better performance per dollar 2.33 pt/$ vs 0.17 pt/$ More than 13.5x better performance per dollar
Has a built-in GPU Yes vs No Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required
Higher turbo clock speed 3.9 GHz vs 3.33 GHz More than 15% higher turbo clock speed
Higher clock speed 3.4 GHz vs 2.93 GHz More than 15% higher clock speed
Significantly better PassMark (Single core) score 2,072 vs 1,357 Around 55% better PassMark (Single core) score
Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing
Significantly better performance per watt 7.25 pt/W vs 2.61 pt/W More than 2.8x better performance per watt
Lower typical power consumption 62.56W vs 77.19W Around 20% lower typical power consumption
Better PassMark score 9,449 vs 5,679 More than 65% better PassMark score
Newer Apr, 2012 vs Mar, 2009 Release date over 3 years later
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.03 GHz vs 3.75 GHz Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Lower annual home energy cost 18.55 $/year vs 22.89 $/year Around 20% lower annual home energy cost
Lower annual commercial energy cost 67.45 $/year vs 83.22 $/year Around 20% lower annual commercial energy cost

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X5570 vs Core i7 3770

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5570
15,935
Core i7 3770
12,524

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5570
2,152
Core i7 3770
3,236

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5570
134,400 MB/s
Core i7 3770
2,660,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5570
9,326
Core i7 3770
12,495

GeekBench

Xeon X5570
9,326
Core i7 3770
16,134

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon X5570
5,679
Core i7 3770
9,449

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon X5570
1,357
Core i7 3770
2,072

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon X5570  vs
Core i7 3770 
Clock speed 2.93 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.33 GHz 3.9 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1366
LGA 1155

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 95W 77W
Annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year 18.55 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year 67.45 $/year
Performance per watt 2.61 pt/W 7.25 pt/W
Typical power consumption 77.19W 62.56W

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
DDR3-800
Channels Triple Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes No
Maximum bandwidth 31,999.98 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 147,456 MB 32,768 MB

details

 Xeon X5570  vs
Core i7 3770 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 8
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 45 nm 22 nm
Transistor count 731,000,000 1,300,000,000
Max CPUs 2 1
Clock multiplier 22 34
Operating temperature Unknown - 75°C Unknown - 67.4°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.75 GHz 4.03 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.58 GHz 4.32 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.75 GHz 4.03 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU None GPU
Label N/A Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Latest DirectX N/A 11.x
Number of displays supported N/A 3
GPU clock speed N/A 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed N/A 1,150 MHz
3DMark06 N/A 5,339.9

bus
Architecture QPI DMI
Number of links 2 1
Transfer rate 6,400 MT/s 5,000 MT/s
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