Pentium E6600 vs Xeon 5160

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2804	2711
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.15	0.02
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.72	1.03
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	June 2006 (18 years ago)	17 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$22	$16

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon 5160 has 10650% better value for money than Pentium E6600.

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	3.06 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	0.07 GHz
L1 cache	0 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V	0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600 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	1	1
Socket	LGA771	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5160 and Pentium E6600.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.61	0.71
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

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