Xeon Gold 6530 vs Atom D2550

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Primary details

Comparing Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated61
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data56.73
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data14.46
Architecture codenameCedarview (2011−2012)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 November 2011 (13 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size66 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors176 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA559FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
PAE36 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
VT-i-no data
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size4 GB4 TB
Max memory channels18
Maximum memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650N/A

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes480

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Atom D2550 409
Xeon Gold 6530 65533
+15923%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2011 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 270 Watt

Atom D2550 has 2600% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom D2550 and Xeon Gold 6530. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom D2550 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6530 is a server/workstation one.


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