Xeon Gold 5515 vs Athlon 3000G

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1584	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.02	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	no data
Release date	21 November 2019 (4 years ago)	1 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data
Current price	$110 (2.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515 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)	no data
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2?	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515 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)	no data
Socket	AM4	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515. 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	+	+
AVX	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Athlon 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515 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 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	no data	+

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 3000G and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	6	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 November 2019	1 October 2023
Threads	4	16
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

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