Xeon D-2896NT vs E3-1558L v5

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Architecture codenameSkylake-H (2015−2016)no data
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$396no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads840
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier19no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmno data
Die size171 mm2no data
Number of transistors2,300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketIntel BGA 1440FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt117 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR3-1866DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB1 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel Iris Pro Graphics P555no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1632
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2016 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 20
Threads 8 40
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 117 Watt

Xeon E3-1558L v5 has 160% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2896NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1558L v5 and Xeon D-2896NT. We've got no test results to judge.


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