Xeon D-1533N vs Phenom X3 8850

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2689not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon D
Power efficiency0.72no data
Architecture codenameToliman (2008)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release dateOctober 2008 (16 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$470

Detailed specifications

Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads312
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)9 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size285 mm2246.24 mm2
Number of transistors450 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N 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)
SocketAM2+FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N. 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+
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N 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 Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, 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 Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N.

PCIe versionno data2.0/3.0
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+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 3 6
Threads 3 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon D-1533N has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X3 8850 and Xeon D-1533N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X3 8850 is a desktop processor while Xeon D-1533N is a server/workstation one.


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