Xeon Gold 6548N vs Athlon 300U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1753	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	15.38	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$3,875

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	4	64
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N 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	FP5	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
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	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N 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 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N 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 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Xeon Gold 6548N.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2019	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	32
Threads	4	64
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	250 Watt

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