Xeon Gold 5403N vs Athlon 64 X2 FX-60

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2811not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.49no data
Architecture codenameToledo (2006)no data
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHzno data
L3 cacheno data22.5 MB
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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.

Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4000
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe versionno data4
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 115 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 has 4.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and Xeon Gold 5403N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5403N is a server/workstation one.


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