Xeon Platinum 8376HL vs Athlon II X2 250

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2720not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.00no data
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads256
Base clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size117 mm2no data
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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 configuration18
SocketAM3FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. 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+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory sizeno data4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
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 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2009 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 28
Threads 2 56
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 205 Watt

Athlon II X2 250 has 215.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8376HL, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 250 and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 250 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8376HL is a server/workstation one.


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