Xeon D-2712T vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Aggregate performance score
Xeon D-2712T outperforms Athlon PRO 300GE by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1944 | 1438 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 7.82 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.98 | 2.96 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Ice Lake-D (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (6 years ago) | 24 February 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $349 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 15 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | Socket AM4 | FCBGA2579 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| QuickAssist | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon D-2712T.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 32 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 24 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | + |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.46 | 4.54 |
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 24 February 2022 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has 85.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon D-2712T, on the other hand, has a 84.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon D-2712T is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE in performance tests.
Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while Xeon D-2712T is a server/workstation one.
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