Xeon Silver 4510 vs D-1520

Aggregate performance score

Xeon D-1520
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
3.11
Xeon Silver 4510
2023
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
21.59
+594%

Xeon Silver 4510 outperforms Xeon D-1520 by a whopping 594% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1619247
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.76100.00
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Dno data
Power efficiency6.5113.56
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date9 March 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199$563

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4510 has 5582% better value for money than Xeon D-1520.

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads824
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °C84 °C
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketFCBGA1667FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510. 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++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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

Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth34.124 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510.

PCIe version2.0/3.05
PCI Express lanes2480
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports6no data
Number of USB ports8no 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.


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.

Xeon D-1520 3.11
Xeon Silver 4510 21.59
+594%

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.

Xeon D-1520 4917
Xeon Silver 4510 34170
+595%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.11 21.59
Recency 9 March 2015 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 8 24
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon D-1520 has 233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4510, on the other hand, has a 594.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Xeon Silver 4510 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon D-1520 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4510, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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