Xeon Platinum 8568Y vs Athlon 240GE

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1667not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.42no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency7.71no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)no data
Release date21 December 2018 (5 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y 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 speed3.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)300 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y 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)no data
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y. 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+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y 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 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y 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 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 @ 5600 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 RX Vega 3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1280

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 December 2018 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 48
Threads 4 96
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 350 Watt

Athlon 240GE has 900% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8568Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 240GE and Xeon Platinum 8568Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 240GE is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8568Y is a server/workstation one.


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