Xeon E5502 vs E5603

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2318	2851
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	1.44	0.63
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Gainestown (2009−2010)
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years ago)	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$286	$95

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.87 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	239 mm2	263 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	731 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502 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	2
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	FCLGA1366,PLGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	40 Bit	40 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	288 GB	144 GB
Max memory channels	3	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	19.2 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5603 and Xeon E5502.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.26	0.55
Recency	14 February 2011	30 March 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

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