Athlon 300U vs Xeon 3.6
Primary details
Comparing Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1759 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.33 |
| Architecture codename | Irwindale (2004) | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) |
| Release date | June 2004 (20 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 16 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 178 million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 604 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon 300U has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 800% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon 3.6 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon 3.6 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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