Xeon Silver 4509Y vs E3-1501L v6

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E3	no data
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	12 June 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$563

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	no data	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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	no data	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics P630

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1501L v6 and Xeon Silver 4509Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	16	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 June 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	125 Watt

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