Xeon Bronze 3106 vs Athlon XP 1500+
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3106 outperforms Athlon XP 1500+ by a whopping 3380% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3571 | 1660 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.55 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Bronze |
| Power efficiency | 0.07 | 1.64 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Palomino (2001) | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) |
| Release date | October 2001 (23 years ago) | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $306 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.33 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 17 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 11 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 150 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 77 °C |
| Number of transistors | 63 million | 8,000 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106 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 | 1 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | A | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2133 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 102.403 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon XP 1500+ and Xeon Bronze 3106.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.10 | 3.48 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 8 |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 85 Watt |
Athlon XP 1500+ has 41.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Bronze 3106, on the other hand, has a 3380% higher aggregate performance score, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon XP 1500+ in performance tests.
Note that Athlon XP 1500+ is a desktop processor while Xeon Bronze 3106 is a server/workstation one.
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