Atom Z540 vs Xeon W3550

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1899	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.59	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	1.48	no data
Architecture codename	Bloomfield (2008−2010)	Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$235	$160

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540 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	8	2
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.33 GHz	0.07 GHz
Bus type	no data	FSB
Bus rate	no data	533.33 MT/s
Multiplier	no data	14
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	56 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	263 mm2	24.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	47 Million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.75 -1.1V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366	PBGA441
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	2.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
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	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3550 and Atom Z540.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 August 2009	2 April 2008
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	8	2
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	2 Watt

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