Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 vs Intel Xeon E5506

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 456 million 731 million
Die size 2x 82 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.133 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 333 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 7.5x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.11 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 Nov 30th, 2008 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Yorkfield Gainestown
Generation Core 2 Quad Xeon
Part SLB5W SLBF8
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 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 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 4MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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