Core 2 Quad Q7600 vs Xeon E5462

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2242not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.62no data
Architecture codenameno dataYorkfield (2007−2009)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)31 August 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data2x 82 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data71 °C
Number of transistorsno data456 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771775
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 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 E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 31 August 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 95 Watt

Xeon E5462 has 18.8% lower power consumption.

Core 2 Quad Q7600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5462 and Core 2 Quad Q7600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5462 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Quad Q7600 is a desktop one.


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