Turion X2 RM-70 vs Xeon E5606

Place in the ranking	2149	2941
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.43	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	2x AMD Turion
Power efficiency	1.76	1.34
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Puma (2008−2009)
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years ago)	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$46	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.13 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	239 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
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 E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70 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 E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70 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 E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
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 E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70.

PCIe version

2.0

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Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.49	0.44
Recency	14 February 2011	3 June 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	31 Watt

Xeon E5606 has a 238.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Turion X2 RM-70, on the other hand, has 158.1% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5606 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion X2 RM-70 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5606 is a server/workstation processor while Turion X2 RM-70 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5606 and Turion X2 RM-70, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.