Phenom II X4 X940 BE vs Xeon X5470

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1992not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno data4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.45no data
Architecture codenameno dataChamplain (2010−2011)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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 data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed3.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature63 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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.

SocketLGA771S1
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHyperTransport 3.0, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD64, SSE4A, unlocked multiplier
VirusProtect-+
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 X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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 X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2008 1 January 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 45 Watt

Phenom II X4 X940 BE has an age advantage of 2 years, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5470 and Phenom II X4 X940 BE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5470 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 X940 BE is a notebook one.


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