Xeon Platinum 8558U vs Phenom II X2 X640 BE

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2470not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency2.10no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date12 May 2011 (13 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,720

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads296
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 data1
SocketS1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE1-3A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2011 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 48
Threads 2 96
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 300 Watt

Phenom II X2 X640 BE has 566.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Xeon Platinum 8558U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X2 X640 BE is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8558U is a server/workstation one.


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