Intel Core i7-3612QE vs Intel Xeon E5540

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel BGA 1023 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 731 million
Die size 160 mm² 263 mm²
Package FC-BGA12F FC-LGA8

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.1 GHz up to 2.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 35 W 80 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Server/Workstation
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Apr 29th, 2012 Mar 30th, 2009
Codename Ivy Bridge Gainestown
Generation Core i7 Xeon
Part SR0ND SLBF6
Memory support unknown Dual-channel 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 4000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Intel HD 4000 frequency: 650-1000MHz

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 Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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