Xeon Silver 4210 vs Athlon 300U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4210 outperforms Athlon 300U by a whopping 254% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2018 | 1079 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 4.45 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Athlon | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 6.20 | 3.87 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $501 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon 300U and Xeon Silver 4210 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 | 2.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 24 | 22 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 640 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 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 | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 300U and Xeon Silver 4210 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 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Xeon Silver 4210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | 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 | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon 300U and Xeon Silver 4210 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 300U and Xeon Silver 4210 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 Silver 4210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Xeon Silver 4210.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.19 | 7.75 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 10 |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 85 Watt |
Athlon 300U has 466.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4210, on the other hand, has a 253.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4210 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 300U in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon 300U is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4210 is a server/workstation one.
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