Athlon Gold 3150G vs Xeon E5630

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5630
2010
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
2.48
Athlon Gold 3150G
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.66
+87.9%

Athlon Gold 3150G outperforms Xeon E5630 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17551292
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.16no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.826.52
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Dali (2020)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$73no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.53 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm12 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366AM4
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G.

PCIe version2.04.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 E5630 2.48
Athlon Gold 3150G 4.66
+87.9%

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.

Xeon E5630 3790
Athlon Gold 3150G 7112
+87.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.48 4.66
Recency 16 March 2010 21 July 2020
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon E5630 has 100% more threads.

Athlon Gold 3150G, on the other hand, has a 87.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 23.1% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150G is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5630 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5630 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 3150G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5630 and Athlon Gold 3150G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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