Xeon Gold 6161 vs Core 2 Quad Q9000

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2437not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core 2 QuadIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$348no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads444
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate1066 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cacheno data1.375 MB
L2 cache6 MB22 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache30.25 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 data4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketPGA478Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 22
Threads 4 44
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 165 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9000 has 266.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6161, on the other hand, has 450% more physical cores and 1000% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Xeon Gold 6161. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Quad Q9000 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6161 is a server/workstation one.


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