Xeon Gold 6544Y vs D-1557
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6544Y outperforms Xeon D-1557 by a whopping 442% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1177 | 144 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.02 | 22.09 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.27 | 11.08 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Emerald Rapids (2023) |
| Release date | 24 February 2016 (9 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $694 | $3,622 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6544Y has 994% better value for money than Xeon D-1557.
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 15 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 1.5 MB (per core) | 45 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 306.18 mm2 | 2x 763 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | 75 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3,200 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 (Uniprocessor) | 2 |
| Socket | FCBGA1667 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 270 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR3 | DDR5-5200 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.124 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1557 and Xeon Gold 6544Y.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | 80 |
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.79 | 31.37 |
| Recency | 24 February 2016 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 16 |
| Threads | 24 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 270 Watt |
Xeon D-1557 has 500% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has a 441.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6544Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon D-1557 in performance tests.
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