Xeon Gold 5320T vs Athlon II X2 235e

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2741not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.49no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.43no data
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date20 October 2009 (15 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$84no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads240
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size117 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T 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 configuration12
SocketAM3FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T 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 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 October 2009 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 2 40
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt

Athlon II X2 235e has 233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5320T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 235e and Xeon Gold 5320T. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 235e is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5320T is a server/workstation one.


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