C-70 vs Xeon D-1559

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1559 and C-70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1210	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon D	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	10.61	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$727	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1559 and C-70 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	2
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.33 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	18 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Die size	306.18 mm2	75 mm2
Number of transistors	4700 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1559 and C-70 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-1559 and C-70. 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-1559 and C-70 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-1559 and C-70 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-1559 and C-70. 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-1559 and C-70.

PCIe version	2.0/3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	32	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	9 Watt

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