Xeon Platinum 8568Y vs Athlon X2 4850e

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameBrisbane (2007−2008)no data
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads296
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache0 KB300 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors154 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM2FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 48
Threads 2 96
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 350 Watt

Athlon X2 4850e has 677.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8568Y, on the other hand, has 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 4850e and Xeon Platinum 8568Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X2 4850e is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8568Y is a server/workstation one.


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