Intel Core i7-4960HQ vs Intel Xeon X5690

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1364 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 1,170 million
Die size 264 mm² 239 mm²
Package FC-BGA1364 FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 100°C

Performance

Frequency 2.6 GHz 3.466 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz up to 3.733 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 26.0x 26.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 47 W 130 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Server/Workstation
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2013 Feb 14th, 2011
Codename Crystalwell Westmere-EP
Generation Core i7 Xeon
Part SR1BS SLBVX
Memory support DDR3 DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Intel HD 5200

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

6.4GT/s QPI Yes
AES-NI Yes 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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