Xeon Gold 6438Y+ vs Turion II P520
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6438Y+ outperforms Turion II P520 by a whopping 7151% 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 | 3138 | 114 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 11.26 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Turion II | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.58 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,141 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 85 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ 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 | no data | 2 |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | 4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
Security technologies
Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5-4800 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P520 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.49 | 35.53 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 32 |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 205 Watt |
Turion II P520 has 10150% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6438Y+, on the other hand, has a 7151% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+ is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II P520 in performance tests.
Be aware that Turion II P520 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6438Y+ is a server/workstation one.
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