Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Xeon E5540

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1155 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 731 million
Die size 160 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 67°C

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz up to 2.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 33.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 77 W 80 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Apr 29th, 2012 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Ivy Bridge Gainestown
Generation Core i5 Xeon
Part SR0P0 SLBF6
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Intel HD 2500

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Intel HD 2500 frequency: 650-1150MHz

Features & Technologies

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

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