Atom N2850 vs Xeon L5609

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5609 and Atom N2850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1884not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency4.90no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Cedarview-M (2011−2012)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)5 January 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5609 and Atom N2850 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature63 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5609 and Atom N2850 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,LGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt6,6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5609 and Atom N2850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
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 L5609 and Atom N2850 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 L5609 and Atom N2850 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 L5609 and Atom N2850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5609 and Atom N2850.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2010 5 January 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon L5609 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom N2850, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5609 and Atom N2850. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L5609 is a server/workstation processor while Atom N2850 is a notebook one.


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