Xeon D-2896TER vs Atom 330

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Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiency2.72no data
Architecture codenameDiamondville (2008−2009)no data
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER 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)
Threads440
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache112 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB30 MB
Chip lithography45 nmno data
Die size51.9276 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors94 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER 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
SocketPBGA437FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER.

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 2 April 2008 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 4 40
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 110 Watt

Atom 330 has 1275% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2896TER, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom 330 and Xeon D-2896TER. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom 330 is a notebook processor while Xeon D-2896TER is a server/workstation one.


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