Xeon Gold 6336Y vs Ryzen 3 2300X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1173	138
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.69	25.59
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 August 2018 (5 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$150	$2195

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6336Y has 164% better value for money than Ryzen 3 2300X.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y 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	4 (Quad-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	4	48
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	210 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	80 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
Number of transistors	4,950 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y 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	AM4	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y. 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	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	64 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 2300X and Xeon Gold 6336Y.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6336Y outperforms Ryzen 3 2300X by 503% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.88	29.43
Recency	1 August 2018	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	4	48
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	185 Watt

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