Xeon Platinum 8558U vs Athlon 220GE

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1688not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.08no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency7.54no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 September 2018 (6 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65$3,720

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads496
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 3N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1280

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 September 2018 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 48
Threads 4 96
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 300 Watt

Athlon 220GE has 757.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 220GE and Xeon Platinum 8558U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 220GE is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8558U is a server/workstation one.


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