Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) vs Xeon X5460

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2099not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.28no data
Architecture codenameno dataAgena (2007−2008)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed3.16 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data285 mm2
Maximum core temperature63 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data450 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) 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 X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon X5460 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 4.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5460 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5460 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) is a desktop one.


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