Xeon E7-2860 vs Phenom II X6 1090T BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
Architecture codenameThuban (2010)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date27 April 2010 (14 years ago)5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$295$3,670

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads620
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.67 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache128 KB (per core)640 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2.56 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)24 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size346 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data69 °C
Number of transistors904 million2600 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM3LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860 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 X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860 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 X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.113 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 X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 April 2010 5 April 2011
Physical cores 6 10
Threads 6 20
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 130 Watt

Phenom II X6 1090T BE has 4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-2860, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, 66.7% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X6 1090T BE and Xeon E7-2860. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X6 1090T BE is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-2860 is a server/workstation one.


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