Athlon 64 X2 4600+ vs Xeon X5260

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2621not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno data2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)
Power efficiency0.92no data
Architecture codenameno dataWindsor (2006−2007)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed3.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data1000 MHz
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ 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.

SocketLGA771no data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ 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 X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ are enumerated here.

VT-x+no 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 X5260 1238
+71.9%
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 720

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon X5260 has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 64 X2 4600+, on the other hand, has 23.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5260 and Athlon 64 X2 4600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5260 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 64 X2 4600+ is a desktop one.


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Intel Xeon X5260
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