Xeon 5150 vs 5160

Place in the ranking	2803	2821
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.15	2.56
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	0.72	0.84
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Woodcrest (2006)
Release date	June 2006 (18 years ago)	June 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$22	$16

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon 5150 has 19% better value for money than Xeon 5160.

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5160 and Xeon 5150 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	2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.67 GHz
L1 cache	0 KB	0 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	65 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5160 and Xeon 5150 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	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5160 and Xeon 5150. 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	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon 5160 and Xeon 5150 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 Xeon 5150 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5160 and Xeon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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.

Xeon 5160 0.61
+5.2%

Xeon 5150 0.58

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon 5160 963
+4.2%

Xeon 5150 924

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon 5160 378
+13.2%

Xeon 5150 334

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon 5160 571

Xeon 5150 625
+9.5%