Atom Z560 vs Xeon W3550
Primary details
Comparing Xeon W3550 and Atom Z560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1919 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.67 | 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) | 1 June 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $235 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon W3550 and Atom Z560 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 | 2.13 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.33 GHz | 0.13 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 263 mm2 | 26 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 | 0.75V-1.1V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W3550 and Atom Z560 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 | 2.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3550 and Atom Z560. 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 Z560 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 Z560 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 Z560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | unknown |
| 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 Z560.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 August 2009 | 1 June 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 2 Watt |
Xeon W3550 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
Atom Z560, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 6400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon W3550 and Atom Z560. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon W3550 is a server/workstation processor while Atom Z560 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon W3550 and Atom Z560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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