Xeon E5-2418L vs D-1520

General info

Comparing Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1501	1703
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.39	0.87
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon D	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)
Release date	9 March 2015 (9 years ago)	14 May 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$595 (3x MSRP)	$127

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2418L has 123% better value for money than Xeon D-1520.

Technical specs

Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	1.5 MB (per core)	10240 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	294 mm2
Maximum core temperature	80 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3,200 million	1,270 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L 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	2
Socket	FCBGA1667	1356
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L 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-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.124 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon E5-2418L.

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

D-1520 outperforms E5-2418L by 39% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	3.18	2.28
Recency	9 March 2015	14 May 2012
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	50 Watt

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