Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 vs Xeon E3-1505L v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1484	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.25	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	2x Athlon 64
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Hawk-256
Release date	1 September 2015 (8 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$433	no data
Current price	$1146 (2.6x MSRP)	$14.07

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	667 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	8 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	122 mm2	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 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)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics P530

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1505L v5 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-53.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

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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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	31 Watt

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