Intel Xeon D-1520 vs W5580

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Combined performance score

Xeon W5580
2.19

D-1520 outperforms W5580 by 46% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking17161484
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money8.720.38
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon D
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release dateMarch 2009 (15 years old)9 March 2015 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$102$199
Current price$675 (6.6x MSRP)$600 (3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W5580 has 2195% better value for money than Xeon D-1520.

Technical specs

Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)1.5 MB (per core)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size263 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C80 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors731 million3,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA1366FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSXno data+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
GPIOno data+
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size144 GB128 GB
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/s34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W5580 and Xeon D-1520.

PCIe versionno data2.0/3.0
PCI Express lanesno data32
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data6
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data+
UARTno 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.


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.

Xeon W5580 2.19
Xeon D-1520 3.20
+46.1%

D-1520 outperforms W5580 by 46% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon W5580 3368
Xeon D-1520 4917
+46%

D-1520 outperforms W5580 by 46% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.19 3.20
Cost $102 $199
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt

The Xeon D-1520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon W5580 in performance tests.


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