Intel Core i5-2540M vs Intel Xeon E5606

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket G2 (988B) Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 624 million 1,170 million
Die size 149 mm² 239 mm²
Package rPGA FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 2.6 GHz 2.133 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 26.0x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 35 W 80 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Feb 1st, 2011 Feb 14th, 2011
Codename Sandy Bridge Westmere-EP
Generation Core i5 Xeon
Part SR044SR049 SLC2N
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 4 4
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 3MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

4.8GT/s QPI Yes
AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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