Intel Xeon W3550 vs Intel Xeon W5590

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1366 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 731 million 731 million
Die size 263 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-LGA8 FC-LGA8

Performance

Frequency 3.066 GHz 3.333 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.333 GHz up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 133 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 23.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.375 V 1.35 V
TDP 130 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Server/Workstation Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Aug 9th, 2009 Aug 9th, 2009
Codename Bloomfield Gainestown
Generation Xeon Xeon
Part SLBEY SLBGE
Memory support DDR3 Triple-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory Yes Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 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 8MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

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 Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD-Bit Yes Yes

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