Xeon D-2899NT vs Athlon 700

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Ice Lake-D (2022−2023)
Release date29 November 1999 (24 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$849$2,138

Detailed specifications

Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT 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 cores1 (Single-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads144
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.7 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm10 nm
Die size102 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT 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 configuration11
SocketAFCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data32
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 November 1999 14 December 2023
Physical cores 1 22
Threads 1 44
Chip lithography 180 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 135 Watt

Athlon 700 has 297.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2899NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 24 years, 2100% more physical cores and 4300% more threads, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 700 and Xeon D-2899NT. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 700 is a desktop processor while Xeon D-2899NT is a server/workstation one.


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