Phenom II X4 955 (95W) vs Xeon X3460

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1972not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.86no data
Architecture codenameno dataDeneb (2009−2011)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)1 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data258 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156AM3
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). 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 X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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 X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W).

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2009 1 April 2009
Threads 8 4

Xeon X3460 has an age advantage of 3 months, and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X3460 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X3460 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 955 (95W) is a desktop one.


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