Intel Pentium D1508 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium D1508 and Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium D1508

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D1508

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 90 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 90 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1769 vs 1760
5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17573 vs 3240

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 128 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769 vs 1760
PassMark - CPU mark	17573 vs 3240

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium D1508
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1760

1769

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3240

17573

Name	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760	1769
PassMark - CPU mark	3240	17573
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		750
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5657

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Haswell
Launch date	Q4'15	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1379	1381
Processor Number	D1508	E5-2640V3
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor D Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.60 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	4	16
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Maximum core temperature		74.3°C
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	90 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	40
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only	2S
Total number of SATA ports	6
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)