i7-965 Extreme Edition vs Xeon W3565

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1874not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.66no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7EE
Power efficiency1.54no data
Architecture codenameBloomfield (2008−2010)Nehalem (2008−2010)
Release date1 November 2009 (15 years ago)17 November 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$70no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)8 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size263 mm2263 mm2
Number of transistors731 million731 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition 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 W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size24 GB24 GB
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 W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2009 17 November 2008

Xeon W3565 has an age advantage of 11 months.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3565 and Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon W3565 is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-965 Extreme Edition is a desktop one.


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