Xeon Platinum 8558 vs Athlon X2 QL-60

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3071not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency0.92no data
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,650

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 configuration12
SocketS1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 48
Threads 2 96
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 330 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-60 has 842.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-60 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8558 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon Platinum 8558, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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