C-60 vs Xeon D-1531
Primary details
Comparing Xeon D-1531 and C-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1247 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.54 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | AMD C-Series |
| Power efficiency | 12.92 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 November 2015 (9 years ago) | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $348 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1531 and C-60 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 1.33 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 22 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 1.5 MB (per core) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,200 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1531 and C-60 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 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1531 and C-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz) |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| 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-1531 and C-60 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-1531 and C-60 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-1531 and C-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR3 | DDR3 Single-channel |
| 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 HD 6290 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1531 and C-60.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | no data |
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2015 | 22 August 2011 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 9 Watt |
Xeon D-1531 has an age advantage of 4 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
C-60, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon D-1531 and C-60. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon D-1531 is a server/workstation processor while C-60 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-1531 and C-60, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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