Phenom II X2 P650 vs Xeon L5630

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1964not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency4.50no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,100no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature63 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650 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,LGA1366S1
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
AES-NI+-
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650 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 L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650 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 L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2010 19 October 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon L5630 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X2 P650, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5630 and Phenom II X2 P650. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L5630 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X2 P650 is a notebook one.


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