Xeon 5148 vs W3503

Place in performance ranking	2552	2659
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.15	3.05
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Bloomfield (2008−2010)	Woodcrest (2006)
Release date	March 2009 (15 years old)	June 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$65	$9
Current price	$12.99 (0.2x MSRP)	$32 (3.6x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W3503 has 36% better value for money than Xeon 5148.

Technical specs

Xeon W3503 and Xeon 5148 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.33 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	0 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	263 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	731 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.8V-1.225V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3503 and Xeon 5148 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	1	1
Socket	1366	771
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	40 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3503 and Xeon 5148. 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	36 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W3503 and Xeon 5148 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 W3503 and Xeon 5148 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3503 and Xeon 5148. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	24 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon W3503 0.73
+21.7%

Xeon 5148 0.60

W3503 outperforms 5148 by 22% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon W3503 1116
+22.4%

Xeon 5148 912

W3503 outperforms 5148 by 22% in Passmark.