Xeon Gold 5515 vs Pentium D1508

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1913not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency7.72no data
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515 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)
Threads416
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
L3 cache3 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1667FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D1508 and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version2.0/3.05.0
PCI Express lanes3280
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports6no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN+no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2015 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 165 Watt

Pentium D1508 has 560% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5515, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

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