Xeon Gold 5403N vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3378	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	2.60	no data
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	no data
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	24
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PBGA437	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 230 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version	no data	4
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	1 October 2023
Physical cores	1	12
Threads	2	24
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	115 Watt

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