Intel Xeon E5606 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603

Intel Xeon E5606
Intel Socket 1366SERVER
2133 MHz / Cores: 4 / Feb 2011
Intel Xeon E5606
Intel Xeon E5-2603
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
1800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Mar 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2603

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5606

None

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2603

Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Xeon E5-2603

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2603

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2603

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2603

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5606Intel Xeon E5-2603
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
Intel 64
EIST
XD-Bit
VT-x
TXT
AES-NI
4.8GT/s QPI
AVX
XD bit
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
6.4GT/s QPI

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5606Intel Xeon E5-2603
ArchitectureIntel_WestmerevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameWestmere-EPvsSandy Bridge-EP
Release DateFeb 2011vsMar 2012

Cores

Intel Xeon E5606Intel Xeon E5-2603
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs2vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5606Intel Xeon E5-2603
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs10240 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5606Intel Xeon E5-2603
SocketIntel Socket 1366vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA10
Die Size239mm²vs294mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5606Intel Xeon E5-2603
Cpu Frequency2133 MHzvs1800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock133 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvs1.35 V
TDP80 Wvs80 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5606
    1706 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2603
    1800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5606
    6825 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2603
    8640 points

Points - higher is better