FX-9800P vs Xeon D-1520

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1619	2089
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.76	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon D	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	6.51	10.12
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	9 March 2015 (9 years ago)	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	320 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per module)
L3 cache	6 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1667	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
GPIO	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.124 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1520 and FX-9800P.

PCIe version	2.0/3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	24	8
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	6	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	+	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.11	1.61
Recency	9 March 2015	31 May 2016
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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