AMD Phenom X4 9850B vs Intel Xeon E5506

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ Intel Socket 1366
Process size 65 nm 45 nm
Transistors 450 million 731 million
Die size 285 mm² 263 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.133 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 12.5x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.35 V
TDP 95 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Aug 15th, 2008 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Agena Gainestown
Generation Phenom X4 Xeon
Part HD985BWCJ4BGH SLBF8
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared) 4MB (shared)

Notes

Notes AMD Business Class processor, availability guaranteed for 24 months after release.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
HT3.0 Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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