Phenom II X4 P960 vs Xeon L5520
Aggregate performance score
Xeon L5520 outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2483 | 2808 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.26 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | 4x AMD Phenom II |
| Power efficiency | 0.93 | 1.49 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Gainestown (2009−2010) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 30 March 2009 (16 years ago) | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $100 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.26 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.48 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 263 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 70 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 731 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960 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 | S1 (S1g4) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960 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 L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 144 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5520 and Phenom II X4 P960.
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.32 | 0.88 |
| Recency | 30 March 2009 | 19 October 2010 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 25 Watt |
Xeon L5520 has a 50% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
Phenom II X4 P960, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 140% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon L5520 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Phenom II X4 P960 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon L5520 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook one.
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