Intel Xeon 5120 vs 5148

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General info

Comparing Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2649not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.05no data
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameWoodcrest (2006)Woodcrest (2006)
Release dateJune 2006 (17 years old)June 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$9$45
Current price$32 (3.6x MSRP)$191 (4.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed2.33 GHz1.87 GHz
L1 cache0 KB0 KB
L2 cache4 MB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data65 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno dataB2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120 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 configuration11
Socket771LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+
EPTno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5148 and Xeon 5120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon 5148 912
+19.5%
Xeon 5120 763

5148 outperforms 5120 by 20% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Cost $9 $45
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 65 Watt

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