Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Xeon X5680

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1354	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.13	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	2x AMD Athlon 64
Power efficiency	3.14	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date	14 February 2010 (14 years ago)	1 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$172	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.33 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	0 MB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
AES-NI	+	-
PowerNow	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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 X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5680 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42.

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	14 February 2010	1 November 2009
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	20 Watt

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