Xeon Gold 6226R vs Phenom II X4 X940 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated400
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data22.67
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series4x AMD Phenom IIIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data10.44
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 January 2011 (13 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,300

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache256 KB1 MB
L2 cache2 MB16 MB
L3 cacheno data22 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R 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.

SocketS1FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHyperTransport 3.0, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD64, SSE4A, unlocked multiplierIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2011 24 February 2020
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 32
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt

Phenom II X4 X940 BE has 233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6226R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 X940 BE and Xeon Gold 6226R. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 X940 BE is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6226R is a server/workstation one.


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