Xeon X5650 vs D-1540

Place in the ranking	1058	1503
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.73	0.25
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon D	no data
Power efficiency	13.26	3.58
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)
Release date	9 March 2015 (9 years ago)	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$581	$53

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon D-1540 has 992% better value for money than Xeon X5650.

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	12
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.06 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	246.24 mm²	239 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	1,170 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650 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)	2
Socket	FCBGA1667	FCLGA1366,LGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	40 Bit
GPIO	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650 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 X5650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	288 GB
Max memory channels	2	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.124 GB/s	32 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650.

PCIe version	2.0/3.0	2.0
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.

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-1540 6.33
+75.3%

Xeon X5650 3.61

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-1540 10025
+75.6%

Xeon X5650 5710

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.

Xeon D-1540 601
+34.8%

Xeon X5650 446

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.

Xeon D-1540 4464
+102%

Xeon X5650 2207

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.33	3.61
Recency	9 March 2015	16 March 2010
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	95 Watt

Xeon D-1540 has a 75.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

The Xeon D-1540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon X5650 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-1540 and Xeon X5650, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.