Pentium 4405U vs Xeon X5560

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1946	2263
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.24	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	1.96	8.39
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	263 mm2	98.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature	75 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366	FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	144 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	N/A	Intel HD Graphics 510
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4405U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

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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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.97	1.33
Recency	30 March 2009	1 September 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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