Xeon D-1846 vs E5-1603

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1853not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.59no data
Release date1 January 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Performance-coresno data10
Threads420
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.1 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L3 cache10 MB15360 KB
Chip lithography32 nmno data
Maximum core temperature64 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.6V - 1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCBGA2227
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066DDR4
Maximum memory size375 GB256 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth31.4 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1603 and Xeon D-1846.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4016
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2012 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 10
Threads 4 20
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon D-1846 has an age advantage of 11 years, 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and 136.4% lower power consumption.

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