HD Graphics 520 vs Xeon E5606

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2149not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.43no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel HD Graphics
Power efficiency1.76no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Gen9
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$46no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)no data
Threads4no data
Base clock speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.13 GHz0.35 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size239 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520 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 E5606 and HD Graphics 520 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 E5606 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size288 GB32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm

HD Graphics 520 has a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5606 and HD Graphics 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5606 is a server/workstation processor while HD Graphics 520 is a notebook one.


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