Xeon Silver 4214R vs Athlon 64 FX-74
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4214R outperforms Athlon 64 FX-74 by a whopping 1745% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3031 | 852 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | 6.53 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Power efficiency | 0.19 | 4.29 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2007) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | November 2006 (18 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $500 | $705 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Silver 4214R has 65200% better value for money than Athlon 64 FX-74.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 | 2 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 235 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 227 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 | no data |
| Socket | F | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 100 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and Xeon Silver 4214R.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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 | 0.55 | 10.15 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 2 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 100 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4214R has a 1745.5% higher aggregate performance score, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4214R is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 64 FX-74 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4214R is a server/workstation one.
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