VIA Nano U2250 vs Xeon X5550

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1959not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.32no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataVIA Nano
Power efficiency1.90no data
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Isaiah (2009)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$62no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed2.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.06 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size263 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature75 °Cno data
Number of transistors731 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366,PLGA1366NanoBGA2
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 X5550 and VIA Nano U2250 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 X5550 and VIA Nano U2250 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size144 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250.

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 X5550 3027
+1591%
VIA Nano U2250 179

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2009 1 January 2009
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 10 Watt

Xeon X5550 has an age advantage of 2 months, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

VIA Nano U2250, on the other hand, has 850% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5550 and VIA Nano U2250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5550 is a server/workstation processor while VIA Nano U2250 is a notebook one.


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