Xeon 6960P vs Athlon X2 L310

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3216not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency1.53no data
Architecture codenameConesus (2009)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads2144
Base clock speedno data2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data2
SocketBGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA7529
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protectionno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 72
Threads 2 144
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 500 Watt

Athlon X2 L310 has 3746.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6960P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, 3500% more physical cores and 7100% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 L310 and Xeon 6960P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 L310 is a notebook processor while Xeon 6960P is a server/workstation one.


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