FX-8170 vs Xeon E5603
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5603 and FX-8170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 2322 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.13 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
Power efficiency | 1.44 | no data |
Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Zambezi (2011−2012) |
Release date | 14 February 2011 (13 years ago) | 23 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $286 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5603 and FX-8170 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
Threads | 4 | 8 |
Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 384 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 8 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
Die size | 239 mm2 | 315 mm2 |
Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 1,200 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5603 and FX-8170 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 | 1 |
Socket | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | AM3+ |
Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5603 and FX-8170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
FMA | - | + |
AVX | - | + |
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 E5603 and FX-8170 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 E5603 and FX-8170 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | - | + |
VT-d | + | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5603 and FX-8170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 288 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5603 and FX-8170.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 14 February 2011 | 23 October 2012 |
Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
Threads | 4 | 8 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon E5603 has 56.3% lower power consumption.
FX-8170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5603 and FX-8170. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5603 is a server/workstation processor while FX-8170 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5603 and FX-8170, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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