Xeon w5-3525 vs Phenom II X3 P820

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2756not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series3x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency2.50no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,339

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Performance-coresno data16
Threads332
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache384 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data45 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt290 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525 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 Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800
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 Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data112

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 24 August 2024
Physical cores 3 16
Threads 3 32
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 290 Watt

Phenom II X3 P820 has 1060% lower power consumption.

Xeon w5-3525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 433.3% more physical cores and 966.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 P820 and Xeon w5-3525. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X3 P820 is a notebook processor while Xeon w5-3525 is a server/workstation one.


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