Intel Core i7-3820 vs Intel Xeon X5560

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 2011 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,270 million 731 million
Die size 294 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 67°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz up to 3.2 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 21.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.35 V 1.35 V
TDP 130 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Feb 13th, 2012 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Sandy Bridge-E Gainestown
Generation Core i7 Xeon
Part SR0LD SLBF4
Memory support DDR3 Quad-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 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 10MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an partially unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. The maximum multiplier value is 45.

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes 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-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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