D-1513N vs Xeon E7-8870

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	Intel Xeon D
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,616	$192

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N 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	10 (Deca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	20	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	QPI	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	18	16
L1 cache	640 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	6 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	513 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2600 Million	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1567,LGA1567	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8870 and D-1513N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	4 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	29.861 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	10	4
Threads	20	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

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