Pentium G622 vs Xeon X5670

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1447	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.06	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Xeon (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	3.83	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$67	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.33 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus rate	6400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	239 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622 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,LGA1366	1155
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	288 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	17 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5670 and Pentium G622.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 March 2010	22 May 2011
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

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