Intel Core i5-2500K vs Intel Xeon E5-2407

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1155 Intel Socket 1356
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,160 million 1,270 million
Die size 216 mm² 294 mm²
Package FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 80 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Jan 9th, 2011 May 14th, 2012
Codename Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge-EN
Generation Core i5 Xeon E5
Part SR008 SR0LR
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 10MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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