Pentium D1507 vs Xeon 696X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	25	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.98	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	7.78	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Granite Rapids (2024−2026)	no data
Release date	2 February 2026 (recently)	1 October 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507 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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Performance-cores	64	no data
Threads	128	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.8 GHz	no data
Bus rate	0 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	112 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	336 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	Intel 3 nm	14 nm
Die size	2x 598 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507 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	FCLGA4710	FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5(6400MT/s)MRDIMM(8000MT/s)	DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size	4 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	8	2
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 696X and Pentium D1507.

PCIe version	5.0	2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	32
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	6
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	+
UART	no data	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 February 2026	1 October 2015
Physical cores	64	2
Threads	128	2
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	20 Watt

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