Xeon 6960P vs 5130

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon 5130
2006
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.45
Xeon 6960P
2024
72 cores / 144 threads, 500 Watt
74.34
+16420%

Xeon 6960P outperforms Xeon 5130 by a whopping 16420% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking314717
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.74no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency0.296.28
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameWoodcrest (2006)Granite Rapids (2024−2025)
Release dateJune 2006 (19 years ago)24 September 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$16no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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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 cores2 (Dual-core)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads2144
Base clock speed2 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache0 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 3 nm
Maximum core temperature65 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage rangeB2=1V-1.5Vno 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 configuration12
Socket771FCLGA7529
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt500 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 extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno 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++
SGXno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-dno 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 typesDDR2DDR5(6400MT/s), MRDIMM(8800MT/s)
Maximum memory sizeno data3 TB
Max memory channelsno data12
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 Xeon 5130 and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon 5130 0.45
Xeon 6960P 74.34
+16420%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon 5130 795
Samples: 38
Xeon 6960P 130659
+16335%
Samples: 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


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

Xeon 5130 has 669.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6960P, on the other hand, has a 16420% higher aggregate performance score, and 3500% more physical cores and 7100% more threads.

The Intel Xeon 6960P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon 5130 in performance tests.

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