Xeon D-1521 vs E3-1230

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1589	1502
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.92	2.46
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon D
Power efficiency	3.83	7.54
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$428	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon D-1521 has 167% better value for money than Xeon E3-1230.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521 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	3.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	6 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	216 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
Number of transistors	1,160 million	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA1155	FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
GPIO	no data	+
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1230 and Xeon D-1521.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	24
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	6
Number of USB ports	no data	8
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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.36	3.72
Recency	3 April 2011	1 November 2015
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	45 Watt

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