Xeon D-2896NT vs Athlon II N370

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2834not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiency1.54no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)no data
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N370 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 cores2 (Dual-core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads240
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cacheno data30 MB
Chip lithography45 nmno data
Die size117.5 mm2no data
Number of transistors234 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N370 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.

SocketS1FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt117 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data32
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 16 December 2010 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 2 40
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 117 Watt

Athlon II N370 has 234.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2896NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II N370 and Xeon D-2896NT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II N370 is a notebook processor while Xeon D-2896NT is a server/workstation one.


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