Z-01 vs Xeon W3505

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3505 and Z-01 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2671	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	0.53	no data
Architecture codename	Bloomfield (2008−2010)	Desna (2011)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	1 June 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon W3505 and Z-01 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.53 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.53 GHz	1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Die size	263 mm2	75 mm2
Number of transistors	731 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.8V-1.225V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3505 and Z-01 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	1	1
Socket	1366	FT1
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3505 and Z-01. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A, AMD-V
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	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W3505 and Z-01 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 W3505 and Z-01 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3505 and Z-01. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 Single-channel
Maximum memory size	24 GB	no data
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

N/A

AMD Radeon HD 6250

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3505 and Z-01.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	30 March 2009	1 June 2011
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt

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