Xeon Platinum 9282 vs Core 2 Duo E6550

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2834not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency0.83no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release dateJuly 2007 (17 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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)56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads2112
Base clock speed2.33 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.33 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate1333 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration18
SocketPLGA775Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TiB
Max memory channelsno data12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data281.6 GB/s

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 56
Threads 2 112
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 400 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6550 has 515.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9282, on the other hand, has 2700% more physical cores and 5500% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 9282. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6550 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9282 is a server/workstation one.


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