Intel Xeon D-1612: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon D-1612 sales 2 April 2019. This is a Broadwell architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1667 processor with a TDP of 22 Watt. It supports DDR4, DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Xeon D-1612 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 8 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 2.0 | |
| Multiplier | 15 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 246.24 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 3200 Million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1612 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1667 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 22 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1612. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| QuickAssist | - | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| GPIO | + | |
| AMT | SPS 3.0 | |
| Quiet System | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| SGX | - | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon D-1612's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.124 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0/3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | |
| Total number of SATA ports | 6 | |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 6 | |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | |
| Integrated LAN | - | |
| UART | + |
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