Xeon D-1521 vs E3-1280 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1278	1509
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.11	2.60
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon D
Power efficiency	5.37	7.53
Architecture codename	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)	1 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$800	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon D-1521 has 134% better value for money than Xeon E3-1280 v3.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	1.5 MB (per core)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	3,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1150	FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)	82 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	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	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	+	-
GPIO	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1280 v3 and Xeon D-1521.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	24
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	6
Number of USB ports	no data	8
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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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.65	3.58
Recency	2 June 2013	1 November 2015
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	82 Watt	45 Watt

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