Athlon PRO 300U vs Xeon E5-2620 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1044	1641
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.44	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data
Current price	$70 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus support	2 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	32 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	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 E5-2620 v4 and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	12

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 E5-2620 v4 outperforms Athlon PRO 300U by 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.95	2.64
Recency	20 June 2016	8 April 2019
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

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