V-Series V160 vs Xeon E5603

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2322not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD V-Series
Power efficiency1.44no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)1 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$286no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data3200 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366S1
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
AES-NI+-
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160 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 V-Series V160 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 V-Series V160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2011 1 December 2010
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 25 Watt

Xeon E5603 has an age advantage of 2 months, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

V-Series V160, on the other hand, has 220% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5603 and V-Series V160. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5603 is a server/workstation processor while V-Series V160 is a notebook one.


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