Xeon D-1539 vs Athlon II X2 270

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II X2 270
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.82
Xeon D-1539
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
4.52
+451%

Xeon D-1539 outperforms Athlon II X2 270 by a whopping 451% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25991317
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.15no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon D
Power efficiency1.1912.22
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date1 July 2011 (13 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$100$486

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache128 KB512 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB12 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size117 mm2246.24 mm2
Number of transistors410 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2, DDR3DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539.

PCIe version2.02.0/3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data6
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data+
UARTno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X2 270 0.82
Xeon D-1539 4.52
+451%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II X2 270 1303
Xeon D-1539 7175
+451%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.82 4.52
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon D-1539 has a 451.2% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon D-1539 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X2 270 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X2 270 is a desktop processor while Xeon D-1539 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X2 270 and Xeon D-1539, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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