AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ EE vs Intel Xeon 7110M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ EE and Intel Xeon 7110M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ EE

Intel Xeon 7110M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ EE

Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon 7110M

Around 30% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 256 KB

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ EE	Intel Xeon 7110M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Windsor	Tulsa
Launch date	August 2006	August 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		7110M
Series		Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	220 mm	435 mm2
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	154 million	1328 million
Base frequency		2.60 GHz
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
L3 cache		4096 KB
Maximum core temperature		60°C
VID voltage range		1.10V-1.35V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2	PPGA604
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		53.3mm x 53.3mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)