Xeon Silver 4210 vs D-1520

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon D-1520
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
3.21
Xeon Silver 4210
2019
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
8.83
+175%

Xeon Silver 4210 outperforms Xeon D-1520 by a whopping 175% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1616883
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.7819.74
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon DIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency6.509.47
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date9 March 2015 (9 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4210 has 1009% better value for money than Xeon D-1520.

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads820
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Multiplier2222
L1 cache256 KB640 KB
L2 cache1 MB10 MB
L3 cache6 MB13.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210 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)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1667FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size128 GB1 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth34.124 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210.

PCIe version2.0/3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2448
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports6no data
Number of USB ports8no 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.


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.

Xeon D-1520 3.21
Xeon Silver 4210 8.83
+175%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon D-1520 4917
Xeon Silver 4210 13520
+175%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.21 8.83
Recency 9 March 2015 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 10
Threads 8 20
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon D-1520 has 88.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has a 175.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads.

The Xeon Silver 4210 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon D-1520 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-1520 and Xeon Silver 4210, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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