Atom 230 vs Xeon W3670

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3670 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1400not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.12no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.95no data
Architecture codenameGulftown (2010−2011)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date29 August 2010 (14 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$295$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W3670 and Atom 230 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads122
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size239 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °C85 °C
Number of transistors1,170 million47 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3670 and Atom 230 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)
SocketFCLGA1366PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3670 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+-
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States+-
Demand Based Switching+-
PAE36 Bitno data
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Xeon W3670 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3670 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3670 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size24 GB8 GB
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3670 and Atom 230.

PCIe version2.0no 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.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon W3670 6449
+3716%
Atom 230 169

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2010 2 April 2008
Physical cores 6 1
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 4 Watt

Xeon W3670 has an age advantage of 2 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Atom 230, on the other hand, has 3150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3670 and Atom 230. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon W3670 is a server/workstation processor while Atom 230 is a notebook one.


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