Duron 950 vs Xeon L5609
Primary details
Comparing Xeon L5609 and Duron 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1897 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD Duron |
| Power efficiency | 4.92 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Spitfire (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 16 March 2010 (14 years ago) | 6 June 2001 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $122 |
Detailed specifications
Xeon L5609 and Duron 950 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 1.86 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 0.95 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 200 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 9.5 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 64 KB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 239 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 63 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 25 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon L5609 and Duron 950 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 42 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5609 and Duron 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no 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 |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon L5609 and Duron 950 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 Duron 950 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 Duron 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1 Depends on motherboard |
| Maximum memory size | 288 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5609 and Duron 950.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 March 2010 | 6 June 2001 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 42 Watt |
Xeon L5609 has an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon L5609 and Duron 950. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon L5609 is a server/workstation processor while Duron 950 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon L5609 and Duron 950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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