Xeon Gold 5215 vs Athlon 240GE
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5215 outperforms Athlon 240GE by a whopping 245% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1665 | 778 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.42 | 9.77 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Athlon | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 7.71 | 10.96 |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 6 September 2018 (6 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | $1,221 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 5215 has 186% better value for money than Athlon 240GE.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 35 | 25 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 13.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 77 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 48 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.85 | 9.84 |
| Recency | 6 September 2018 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 10 |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
Athlon 240GE has 142.9% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5215, on the other hand, has a 245.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.
The Xeon Gold 5215 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 240GE in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 240GE is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5215 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 240GE and Xeon Gold 5215, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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