Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Xeon X5550

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 45 nm
Transistors unknown 731 million
Die size 177 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz up to 3.066 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 32.0x 20.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 95 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Jul 2nd, 2015 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Skylake Gainestown
Generation Core i5 Xeon
Part SR2L6 SLBF5
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz 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

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 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
TSX Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes
vPro Yes

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