Pentium 917 vs Xeon X5672

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5672 and Pentium 917 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1607not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.19no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.13no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$115no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5672 and Pentium 917 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size239 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature83 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 million504 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5672 and Pentium 917 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5672 and Pentium 917. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 X5672 and Pentium 917 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 X5672 and Pentium 917 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 X5672 and Pentium 917. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size288 GB16 GB
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/s21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5672 and Pentium 917.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 17 Watt

Xeon X5672 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium 917, on the other hand, has 458.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5672 and Pentium 917. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5672 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 917 is a notebook one.


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