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January 16th, 2025 01:55

upgrade CPU for Dell precision T5600

Can I upgrade my CPU to one that supports AVX2 features and is compatible with the Dell Precision T5600 motherboard, please?

  • redxps630

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    Posted January 16th, 2025 03:21

    it has C600 chipset which is server counterpart of X79.  it seems X79 supported cpu does not have AVX2 support but X99 does.

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    Posted January 16th, 2025 03:23

    One major difference between Haswell-E (X99) and Ivy Bridge-E (X79) is that Haswell-E adds support for the AVX2 and FMA3 instruction sets.  programs that are specifically coded to use AVX2 and/or FMA3 (mostly for scientific calculations) should see a huge boost in performance

    https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/x79-vs-x99-what-is-new-in-x99-and-haswell-e-581/?srsltid=AfmBOorLbcoLP_CnoIP-uD3_u6WPTTTxIu4CpQpAsrCaLaTqq88aHBU-

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    Posted January 16th, 2025 03:25

    Below is a quick breakdown of some of the major features of Haswell-E versus the previous generation Ivy Bridge-E  

      Haswell -E Ivy Bridge-E
    Maximum Cores 8 6
    Turbo Boost Version 2.0 2.0
    L2 Cache per core 256KB 256KB
    Smart Cache 15-20MB 10-15MB
    Maximum TDP 140W 130W
    Memory Support 4 channel (8 sticks) DDR4 2133Mhz 4 channel (8 sticks) DDR3 1866Mhz
    Max PCIe Support 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes
    Process Technology 22nm 22nm
    Socket LGA 2011-3* LGA 2011
    Instruction Sets
    MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x,
    AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3
    MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x,
    AES, AVX
    Chipset X99 X79
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    Posted January 16th, 2025 09:46

    @redxps630​ Thank you for answering, so I can understand that I can't upgrade my ivy ridge CPU in Dell T5600 to one support AVX2 features absolutely? 

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    Posted January 16th, 2025 15:12

    @haytham_kamel​ correct. You need at least a Xeon E5 v3 , to have AVX2 . The T5600 uses Xeon E5 v0

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    Posted January 16th, 2025 15:41

    Unfortunately not.