Ultra 9 285 vs Xeon D-1518

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1672not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.70no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Dno data
Power efficiency7.76no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date9 March 2015 (9 years ago)January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$193no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads824
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache64K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)3 MB (per core)
L3 cache1.5 MB (per core)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die size246.24 mm2243 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,200 million17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285 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)1
SocketFCBGA16671851
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR3DDR5 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.124 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe2 Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285.

PCIe version2.0/3.05.0
PCI Express lanes2420
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports6no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN+no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 24
Threads 8 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon D-1518 has 257.1% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 285, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon D-1518 and Core Ultra 9 285. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon D-1518 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 9 285 is a desktop one.


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