Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs Intel Xeon X5550

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1364 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 731 million
Die size 264 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-BGA1364 FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 100°C

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.4 GHz up to 3.066 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 24.0x 20.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 47 W 95 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Server/Workstation
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date May 27th, 2013 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Crystalwell Gainestown
Generation Core i7 Xeon
Part SR15E SLBF5
Memory support DDR3 DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Intel HD 4600

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
FMA3 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
TSX Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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