Duron 600 vs Xeon W3690

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3690 and Duron 600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1303not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.77no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Duron
Power efficiency3.31no data
Architecture codenameGulftown (2010−2011)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)15 January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$450no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W3690 and Duron 600 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)
Threads121
Base clock speed3.46 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.73 GHz0.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data200 MT/s
Multiplierno data6
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)64 KB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size239 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 million25 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3690 and Duron 600 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)
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt27.4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3690 and Duron 600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon W3690 and Duron 600 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 W3690 and Duron 600 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3690 and Duron 600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size24 GB4 GB
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3690 and Duron 600.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2011 15 January 2001
Physical cores 6 1
Threads 12 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 27 Watt

Xeon W3690 has an age advantage of 10 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

Duron 600, on the other hand, has 381.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W3690 and Duron 600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon W3690 is a server/workstation processor while Duron 600 is a desktop one.


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