Pentium 350 vs Xeon 5063

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Dempsey (2006)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	May 2006 (18 years ago)	21 November 2011 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	0 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	76 °C
Number of transistors	no data	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	PLGA771	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
vPro	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FDI	no data	-
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5063 and Pentium 350.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	2

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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