Athlon Silver 10 vs Xeon D-1736NT
Aggregate performance score
Xeon D-1736NT outperforms Athlon Silver 10 by a whopping 404% 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 | 913 | 2132 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 6.42 | 5.69 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | no data | Mendocino (2025) |
| Release date | 1 January 2022 (4 years ago) | 1 October 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Performance-cores | 8 | no data |
| Threads | 16 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 15 MB | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 100 mm2 |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA2227 | FT6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 67 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| QuickAssist | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10 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 Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1736NT and Athlon Silver 10.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 4 |
| USB revision | 3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 24 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | + | no data |
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 | 10.18 | 2.02 |
| Recency | 1 January 2022 | 1 October 2025 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 67 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon D-1736NT has a 404% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
Athlon Silver 10, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 66.7% more advanced lithography process, and 346.7% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon D-1736NT is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver 10 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon D-1736NT is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 10 is a notebook one.
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