Xeon D-2896NT vs E5220

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT 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 coresno data20 (Icosa-Core)
Threadsno data40
Base clock speed2.33 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.2 GHz
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache30 MB
Chip lithography45 nmno data
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT 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.

SocketLGA771FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt117 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States-no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT 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 E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data32
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 2008 1 October 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 117 Watt

Xeon E5220 has 80% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2896NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5220 and Xeon D-2896NT. We've got no test results to judge.


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