Intel Xeon X5660 vs Pentium 753 |
Released March, 2010
Intel Xeon X5660
- 2.8 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5660
 | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Much higher clock speed 2.8 GHz |
| | More advanced architecture x86-64 | | Has virtualization support Yes |
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Released January, 2005
Intel Pentium 753
- 1.2 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Pentium 753
| | Much lower typical power consumption 4.47W | | Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core |
| | Much lower annual home energy cost 1.32 $/year | | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 4.82 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 2.8 GHz | vs | 1.2 GHz | More than 2.2x higher clock speed | |||
| More advanced architecture | x86-64 | vs | x86 | A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.13 GHz | vs | 1.24 GHz | More than 3.2x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 6 | vs | 1 | 5 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 12 | vs | 1 | 11 more threads | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
| Newer | Mar, 2010 | vs | Jan, 2005 | Release date over 5 years later | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.73 GHz | vs | 1.2 GHz | Around 4x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 4.47W | vs | 77.19W | 17.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 0.33 MB/core | More than 6x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 1.32 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | 17.3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 4.82 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | 17.3x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Features Key features of the Xeon X5660 vs Pentium 753
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X5660 | vs | Pentium 753 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Single core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1366 | |||
| 479 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 5.5W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 1.32 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 4.82 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 4.47W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | FSB | |
| Number of links | 2 | 1 | |
| Clock speed | 3,200 MHz | 400 MHz | |
details | Xeon X5660 | vs | Pentium 753 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86 | |
| Threads | 12 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 90 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 21 | 12 | |
| Voltage range | 0.75 - 1.35V | 0.81 - 0.96V | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.13 GHz | 1.24 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.73 GHz | 1.2 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.13 GHz | 1.24 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | No | |
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