Xeon Platinum 8376HL vs Pentium D 915

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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	Desktop processor	Server
Architecture codename	Presler (2005−2007)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	23 July 2006 (18 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$74	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	2	56
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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	8
Socket	LGA775,PLGA775	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	no data	4.5 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 915 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 July 2006	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	28
Threads	2	56
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	205 Watt

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