Xeon Silver 4214R vs Athlon II X4 615e

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II X4 615e
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
1.14
Xeon Silver 4214R
2020
12 cores / 24 threads, 100 Watt
10.15
+790%

Xeon Silver 4214R outperforms Athlon II X4 615e by a whopping 790% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2544858
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.236.47
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency1.074.29
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date21 September 2010 (15 years ago)24 February 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59$705

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4214R has 53% better value for money than Athlon II X4 615e.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache128 KB (per core)768 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)12 MB
L3 cache0 KB16.5 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size169 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Number of transistors300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R 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
SocketAM3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R. 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-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R 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 X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 615e and Xeon Silver 4214R.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Athlon II X4 615e 1.14
Xeon Silver 4214R 10.15
+790%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Athlon II X4 615e 2000
Samples: 25
Xeon Silver 4214R 17834
+792%
Samples: 25

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.14 10.15
Recency 21 September 2010 24 February 2020
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 100 Watt

Athlon II X4 615e has 122.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4214R, on the other hand, has a 790.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4214R is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II X4 615e in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X4 615e is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4214R is a server/workstation one.

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