Xeon Silver 4314 vs Atom Z530
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4314 outperforms Atom Z530 by a whopping 16420% 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 | 3689 | 481 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.92 | 5.16 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Silverthorne (2008−2010) | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (18 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $95 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.1 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 533.33 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 12 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 24 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 24.18 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 86 °C |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 0.75 -1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314 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) | 2 |
| Socket | PBGA441 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 135 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314. 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® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z530 and Xeon Silver 4314.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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 | 16.52 |
| Recency | 2 April 2008 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 16 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 135 Watt |
Atom Z530 has 6650% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4314, on the other hand, has a 16420% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 1500% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4314 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z530 in performance tests.
Be aware that Atom Z530 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4314 is a server/workstation one.
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