Xeon 6960P vs 5130

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3147	17
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.74	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	0.29	6.28
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	no data	Intel
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Granite Rapids (2024−2025)
Release date	June 2006 (19 years ago)	24 September 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$16	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5130 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads	2	144
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	0 KB	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	Intel 3 nm
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	B2=1V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5130 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 configuration	1	2
Socket	771	FCLGA7529
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5130 and Xeon 6960P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon 5130 and Xeon 6960P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5130 and Xeon 6960P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5130 and Xeon 6960P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR5(6400MT/s), MRDIMM(8800MT/s)
Maximum memory size	no data	3 TB
Max memory channels	no data	12
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5130 and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	96

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.45	74.34
Physical cores	2	72
Threads	2	144
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	500 Watt

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