Xeon E5606 vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms Xeon E5606 by an impressive 77% 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 | 1966 | 2413 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.43 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.53 | 1.86 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (6 years ago) | 14 February 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $46 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606 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) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.13 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 0.13 GHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 239 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 1,170 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606 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) | 2 |
| Socket | Socket AM4 | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 40 Bit |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 288 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 3 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Xeon E5606.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.46 | 1.39 |
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 14 February 2011 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 80 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has a 77% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 128.6% lower power consumption.
Xeon E5606, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.
The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5606 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while Xeon E5606 is a server/workstation one.
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