Atom D510 vs Xeon W3503

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3503 and Atom D510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2699	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.15	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	0.51	no data
Architecture codename	Bloomfield (2008−2010)	Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	21 December 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$65	$97

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W3503 and Atom D510 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.67 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	263 mm2	66 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.8V-1.225V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3503 and Atom D510 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
Socket	1366	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3503 and Atom D510. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	36 Bit	32 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon W3503 and Atom D510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3503 and Atom D510 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3503 and Atom D510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	24 GB	4 GB
Max memory channels	3	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3503 and Atom D510.

PCIe version

2.0

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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Recency	30 March 2009	21 December 2009
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	13 Watt

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