Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200 vs Xeon E5606

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon E5606 and Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2010	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.41	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Mobile Pentium III-M
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Tualatin (2000−2002)
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$46	no data
Current price	$105 (2.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon E5606 and Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200 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	2.13 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.13 GHz	1.2 GHz
Bus support	no data	133 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5606 and Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	22 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5606 and Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5606 and Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200 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 Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200 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 Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5606 and Mobile Pentium III-M P3M-1200.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	22 Watt

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