Xeon E5-4667 v4 vs Phenom II X4 955 BE

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated603
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.20
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiencyno data8.96
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date23 April 2009 (15 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$5,729

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads436
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)4.5 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)45 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size258 mm2456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data87 °C
Number of transistors758 million7200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM3FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2009 20 June 2016
Physical cores 4 18
Threads 4 36
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 135 Watt

Phenom II X4 955 BE has 8% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-4667 v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 350% more physical cores and 800% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon E5-4667 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 955 BE is a desktop processor while Xeon E5-4667 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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