Xeon Platinum 8468H vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Platinum 8468H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1972	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
Power efficiency	11.86	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	$13,923

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Platinum 8468H 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)	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads	2	96
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	105 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	77 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Platinum 8468H 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	8
Socket	FP5	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Platinum 8468H. 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	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Platinum 8468H 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 Platinum 8468H 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 Platinum 8468H. 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 ( - 1100 MHz)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Platinum 8468H.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2020	10 January 2023
Physical cores	2	48
Threads	2	96
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	330 Watt

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