Xeon Gold 6442Y vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1940 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | no data |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,065 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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 | 2 |
| Socket | FP5 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 225 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y. 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® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Status | no data | Launched |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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 Gold 6442Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| 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 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 24 |
| Threads | 2 | 48 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 225 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050U has 1400% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6442Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6442Y is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Gold 6442Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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