Intel Core i5-660 vs Intel Xeon E5606

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1156 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 382 million 1,170 million
Die size 81 mm² 239 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 3.333 GHz 2.133 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 133 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 25.0x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.35 V
TDP 73 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jan 7th, 2010 Feb 14th, 2011
Codename Clarkdale Westmere-EP
Generation Core i5 Xeon
Part SLBLVSLBTK SLC2N
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

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

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