Xeon E-2436 vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1940	505
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	97.60
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	no data
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$331

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	16 GT/s
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	163 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436 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	no data	1
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436 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 Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E-2436.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.94	14.53
Recency	6 January 2020	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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