Xeon D-2899NT vs Athlon X4 730

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X4 730 and Xeon D-2899NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2195not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency2.08no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Ice Lake-D (2022−2023)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,138

Detailed specifications

Athlon X4 730 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads444
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache192K80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,303 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 730 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
SocketFM2FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 730 and Xeon D-2899NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
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 X4 730 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 X4 730 and Xeon D-2899NT are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 730 and Xeon D-2899NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X4 730 and Xeon D-2899NT.

PCIe version2.04.0
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 2 October 2012 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 22
Threads 4 44
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 135 Watt

Athlon X4 730 has 107.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2899NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 450% more physical cores and 1000% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X4 730 and Xeon D-2899NT. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X4 730 is a desktop processor while Xeon D-2899NT is a server/workstation one.


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