Phenom II X6 1090T BE vs Xeon X5675
Primary details
Comparing Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 1373 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 9.69 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Thuban (2010) |
Release date | 14 February 2011 (13 years ago) | 27 April 2010 (14 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $162 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T 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 cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
Threads | 12 | 6 |
Base clock speed | 3.06 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.46 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
L3 cache | 12288 KB (shared) | 6 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 239 mm2 | 346 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 904 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T 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.
Number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 | 1 |
Socket | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | AM3 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
AES-NI | + | - |
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 |
Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T 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 X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE 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 X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 288 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 | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 14 February 2011 | 27 April 2010 |
Threads | 12 | 6 |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon X5675 has an age advantage of 9 months, 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 31.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon X5675 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X6 1090T BE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X5675 and Phenom II X6 1090T BE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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