Xeon W3505 vs 5160

Place in performance ranking	2637	2524
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.15	5.10
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Bloomfield (2008−2010)
Release date	June 2006 (17 years old)	March 2009 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$22	no data
Current price	$88 (4x MSRP)	$654

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W3505 has 137% better value for money than Xeon 5160.

Technical specs

Xeon 5160 and Xeon W3505 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	2	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.53 GHz
L1 cache	0 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	263 mm²
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	731 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V	0.8V-1.225V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5160 and Xeon W3505 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	LGA771	1366
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5160 and Xeon W3505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	+
PAE	32 Bit	36 Bit
FSB parity	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon 5160 and Xeon W3505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5160 and Xeon W3505 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5160 and Xeon W3505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	24 GB
Max memory channels	no data	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon 5160 0.63

Xeon W3505 0.76
+20.6%

W3505 outperforms 5160 by 21% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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 5160 963

Xeon W3505 1161
+20.6%

W3505 outperforms 5160 by 21% in Passmark.