Intel Xeon E7330 vs Intel Xeon W3550

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7330 and Intel Xeon W3550 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7330

  • Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6792 vs 3232
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 6792 vs 3232

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3550

  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 67.9°C vs 66°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 1398101.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1408 vs 933
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 67.9°C vs 66°C
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 6 MB L2 Cache
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1408 vs 933

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7330
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3550

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
933
1408
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6792
3232
Name Intel Xeon E7330 Intel Xeon W3550
PassMark - Single thread mark 933 1408
PassMark - CPU mark 6792 3232
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 548
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2171

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E7330 Intel Xeon W3550

Essentials

Architecture codename Tigerton Bloomfield
Launch date Q3'07 August 2009
Place in performance rating 2169 2166
Processor Number E7330 W3550
Series Legacy Intel Xeon Processors Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $235
Price now $59.95
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 27.98

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 3.06 GHz
Bus Speed 1066 MHz 4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size 286 mm2 263 mm2
L3 cache 6 MB L2 Cache 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 66°C 67.9°C
Number of cores 4 4
Transistor count 582 million 731 million
VID voltage range 1.0V-1.5V 0.800V-1.375V
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Maximum frequency 3.33 GHz
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 8

Compatibility

Package Size 53.3mm x 53.3mm 42.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported PGA604, PPGA604 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

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
Thermal Monitoring
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 24 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066