Xeon w3-2525 vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3049not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlon 64no data
Power efficiency1.70no data
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 November 2009 (15 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$609

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate1600 MHzno data
L1 cache0 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data22.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNowIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525 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 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2009 24 August 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 175 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 has 775% lower power consumption.

Xeon w3-2525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Xeon w3-2525. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 is a notebook processor while Xeon w3-2525 is a server/workstation one.


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