Xeon Gold 6530 vs Phenom X4 9600 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated59
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data56.60
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data14.46
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release dateDecember 2007 (17 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size285 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530 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
SocketAM2+FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530 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 X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 270 Watt

Phenom X4 9600 BE has 184.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9600 BE and Xeon Gold 6530. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9600 BE is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6530 is a server/workstation one.


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