Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Athlon II X2 220

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2759not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.30no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.96no data
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)no data
Release date21 September 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$32no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads264
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache0 KB60 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size117 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM3FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 September 2010 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt

Athlon II X2 220 has 246.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 220 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 220 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6538Y is a server/workstation one.


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