Xeon D-2896TER vs Phenom II X4 N950

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2120not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series4x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency4.22no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)no data
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads440
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cacheno data30 MB
Chip lithography45 nmno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER 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.

SocketS1FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER 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 Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER.

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 4 October 2010 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 20
Threads 4 40
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 110 Watt

Phenom II X4 N950 has 214.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2896TER, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 N950 and Xeon D-2896TER. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 N950 is a notebook processor while Xeon D-2896TER is a server/workstation one.


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