Athlon II M360 vs Xeon E5502
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 2855 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Server | Laptop |
Series | no data | AMD Athlon II |
Power efficiency | 0.63 | no data |
Architecture codename | Gainestown (2009−2010) | Caspian (2009) |
Release date | 30 March 2009 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $95 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360 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 | 1.86 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
Bus rate | no data | 3200 MHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 263 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 731 million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360 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 | 2 | no data |
Socket | FCLGA1366,PLGA1366 | Socket S1 (S1g3) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
PowerNow | - | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
Idle States | + | no data |
Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360 are enumerated here.
VT-d | + | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
Maximum memory size | 144 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 19.2 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360.
PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 30 March 2009 | 10 September 2009 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 35 Watt |
Athlon II M360 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 128.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5502 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon II M360 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5502 and Athlon II M360, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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