Pentium 4-M 1.60 vs Xeon X5560

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1929	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.24	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	1.95	no data
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Northwood (2002−2004)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	March 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	8	1
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	263 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	75 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	55 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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 configuration	2	1
Socket	FCLGA1366	478
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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 X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60 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 X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory size	144 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5560 and Pentium 4-M 1.60.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	1
Threads	8	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	30 Watt

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