Intel Xeon D-1540 vs Intel Xeon 6990E+
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General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2015
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Broadwell
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
3.2 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
Intel BGA 1667
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
45 W
450 W
Peak Operating Temperature
80 °C
98°C
Foundry
Intel
Intel
Die Size
246 mm²
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Package
FC-BGA14C
FC-LGA18N
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2 GHz
2.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
8
288
Total Thread Count
16
288
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
20.0
22.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
1.5 MB per core
576 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
1
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR3,DDR4
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Channels
2
12
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Max Memory Size
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1.5 TB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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768.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3
5
PCIe Lanes
24
96
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
834
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Geekbench 6
4,483
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.