Xeon Gold 6161 vs L5609

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1762	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.04	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	no data
Current price	$2360	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161 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)	22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads	4	44
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1.375 MB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	22 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	30.25 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	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 L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5609 and Xeon Gold 6161.

PCIe version

2.0

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Physical cores	4	22
Threads	4	44
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	165 Watt

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