Xeon D-2166NT: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon D-2166NT provides acceptable benchmark performance at 9.87% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Xeon D-2166NT sales 7 February 2018 at a recommended price of $1,005. This is a Skylake (server) architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA2518 processor with a TDP of 85 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.

Primary details

Xeon D-2166NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking795
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.83
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon D
Power efficiency10.59of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date7 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,005of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier20of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache768 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache12 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache16.5 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-2166NT compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA2518
Power consumption (TDP)85 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-2166NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
QuickAssist+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
MPX+
SGX-
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon D-2166NT's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4
Maximum memory size512 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels4of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes32of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon D-2166NT. Overall benchmark performance 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-2166NT 9.87

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-2166NT 15105

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon D-2166NT's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon D-2166NT is Opteron 6278, which is slower by 9% and lower by 68 positions in our ranking.

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