Celeron M 383 vs Xeon W3550

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1902not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.58no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataCeleron M
Power efficiency1.48no data
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date9 August 2009 (15 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$235no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383 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)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.06 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz1 GHz
Bus rateno data400 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size263 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Number of transistors731 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383 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 W3550 and Celeron M 383 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size24 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 cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 5 Watt

Xeon W3550 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron M 383, on the other hand, has 2500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3550 and Celeron M 383. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon W3550 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron M 383 is a notebook one.


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