AMD FX-4170 vs Intel Xeon L5630

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3+ Intel Socket 1366
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,200 million 1,170 million
Die size 315 mm² 239 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 4.2 GHz 2.133 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.3 GHz up to 2.4 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.35 V
TDP 125 W 40 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Feb 27th, 2012 Mar 16th, 2010
Codename Zambezi Westmere-EP
Generation FX Xeon
Part FD4170FRW4KGU SLBVD
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 192K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 4MB 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Notes

Notes 16KB L1 data cache per core. 64KB L1 instruction cache shared per two cores (per module). 2MB L2 cache shared per two cores (per module). This processor comes with an unlocked multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than the shipped

Features & Technologies

5.86GT/s QPI Yes
AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
CLMUL Yes
CVT16 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
FMA4 Yes
HT3.1 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes
XOP Yes

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