Xeon D-1637 vs E5-2630 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1016	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon D
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$406

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637 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	8 (Octa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	16	12
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	29
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	9 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
QuickAssist	no data	-
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
PAE	46 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
AMT	no data	SPS 3.0
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Quiet System	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 v3 and Xeon D-1637.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	32
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	6
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	6
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	4x 10 GBE
UART	no data	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	2 April 2019
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	55 Watt

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