Phenom II X4 975 BE vs Xeon D-1541

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1071not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.84no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Dno data
Power efficiency13.26no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date1 November 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$581no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache1.5 MB (per core)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size246.24 mm2258 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,200 million758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE 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
SocketFCBGA1667AM3
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE.

PCIe version2.0/3.02.0
PCI Express lanes24no data
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


Recency 1 November 2015 4 January 2011
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon D-1541 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 177.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon D-1541 and Phenom II X4 975 BE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon D-1541 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 975 BE is a desktop one.


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