Duron 600 vs Xeon E5-2609

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2004	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.73	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Duron
Power efficiency	2.13	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	K7 (2000−2004)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	15 January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$143	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600 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	4 (Quad-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	0.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	200 MT/s
Multiplier	no data	6
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	64 KB
L3 cache	10240 KB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Die size	294 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,270 million	25 Million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	27.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	384 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2609 and Duron 600.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2012	15 January 2001
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	27 Watt

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