Xeon Silver 4510 vs Athlon 240GE
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4510 outperforms Athlon 240GE by a whopping 655% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1676 | 252 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.42 | 100.00 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.71 | 13.57 |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 6 September 2018 (6 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | $563 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4510 has 2824% better value for money than Athlon 240GE.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Multiplier | 35 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 30 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 84 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510 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) | 2 |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, 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 | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510 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 Silver 4510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 80 |
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 | 21.51 |
| Recency | 6 September 2018 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 150 Watt |
Athlon 240GE has 328.6% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4510, on the other hand, has a 654.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.
The Xeon Silver 4510 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 240GE in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 240GE is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4510 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 240GE and Xeon Silver 4510, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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