Xeon E3-1260L v5 vs D-1540
Aggregate performance score
Xeon D-1540 outperforms Xeon E3-1260L v5 by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1058 | 1188 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.73 | 3.58 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | Intel Xeon E3 |
| Power efficiency | 13.26 | 10.89 |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Skylake-DT (2015) |
| Release date | 9 March 2015 (9 years ago) | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $581 | $294 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E3-1260L v5 has 31% better value for money than Xeon D-1540.
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 20 | 29 |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | 122 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3200 Million | 1,750 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1667 | FCLGA1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| GPIO | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.124 GB/s | 34.134 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over VGA | no data | N/A |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | 16 |
| 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.
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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.33 | 5.20 |
| Recency | 9 March 2015 | 19 October 2015 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
| Threads | 16 | 8 |
Xeon D-1540 has a 21.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Xeon E3-1260L v5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months.
The Xeon D-1540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1260L v5 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-1540 and Xeon E3-1260L v5, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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