Atom 330 vs Xeon E5606

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2454	3494
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.43	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	0.74	1.16
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Diamondville (2008−2009)
Release date	14 February 2011 (15 years ago)	2 April 2008 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$46	$43

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Basic parameters of Xeon E5606 and Atom 330: 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	4
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.13 GHz	0.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	no data	533.33 MT/s
Multiplier	no data	12
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	112 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	239 mm2	51.9276 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	85 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	94 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5606 and Atom 330 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	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5606 and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	40 Bit	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5606 and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5606 and Atom 330 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5606 and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	288 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5606 and Atom 330.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.40	0.22
Recency	14 February 2011	2 April 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	8 Watt